Peter the Great: His Life and World Test | Final Test - Hard

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Peter the Great: His Life and World Test | Final Test - Hard

Robert K. Massie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?

2. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?

3. In Chapter 38, the Swedes were entrapped, and they convinced Charles XII to flee to what territory?

4. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?

5. Although Mazeppa had run into his arms, why was Charles XII desperate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the reign of Louis XIV of France compare with Peter's of Russia?

2. What did Charles XII and his advance regiments find upon arrival at Baturin on November 11?

3. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

4. Why did Peter decide to focus his attention on the conquest of the upper Baltic?

5. What were some ways Peter's second historic journey into the West differed from his first?

6. Why was it Russia appeared to have significantly deteriorated in comparison to Sweden in the spring of 1720?

7. Peter gave orders as early as January, 1707, that directed what to be done to Poland?

8. According to Chapter 36, how confident did Charles XII feel in early April ?

9. Why did Charles XII turn south in mid-September and send General Anders Lagercrona's vanguard ahead?

10. What did Alexis do on the evening of November 10, 1716?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events transpired in the six weeks subsequent to the death of Charles XII that drastically affected the life of Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the author stipulate Peter's most extraordinary characteristic was his titanic energy?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Peter failed in his initial attack on Azov, but he was successful in a subsequent assault? In what manner did this affect his status in Russia and in Europe?

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