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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Much of Charles XII's infantry wasted time on Peter's redoubts and was _________.
(a) Out of time for the main battle.
(b) Out of area where main battle transpires.
(c) Out of gunpowder for the main battle.
(d) Out of position for the main battle.

2. General Lewenhaupt was sent for a massive quantity of supplies, but his effort bogged down and cost the campaign of Charles XII how much time?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Nearly a year.

3. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?
(a) Died before sentence is administered.
(b) Escaped custody, returned to exile.
(c) Sentence commuted, exiled to monastery.
(d) Publicly admitted guilt, was forgiven.

4. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.
(a) 1711, 1712.
(b) 1709, 1710.
(c) 1707, 1708.
(d) 1705, 1706.

5. What was Peter's view of his niece's marriage?
(a) No concern.
(b) Pleased him.
(c) Displeased him.
(d) Withheld judgment.

6. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(b) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.
(c) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.
(d) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.

7. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.
(a) Moscow.
(b) .Nizhny Novgorod.
(c) Novosibirsk
(d) St. Petersburg.

8. Which new fleet did Peter use in Chapter 44?
(a) Barents.
(b) Northern.
(c) Baltic.
(d) Flying.

9. Largely due to Peter Tolstoy's diplomacy, which group remained out of the Northern War?
(a) Russia.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Turks.
(d) Denmark.

10. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?
(a) Zaporozhsky Tatars, Crimean Cossacks.
(b) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Cossacks.
(c) Zaporozhsky Cossacks, Crimean Tatars.
(d) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Tatars.

11. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?
(a) Vasilevsky Island.
(b) Goloday Island.
(c) Dekabristov Island.
(d) Decembrist's Island.

12. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

13. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?
(a) Mongolia, Walachia,
(b) Mongolia, Lithuania.
(c) Lithuania, Moldavia.
(d) Moldavia, Walachia,

14. In Chapter 51, Peter came home to handle a governmental mess and confront Tsarevich Alexis about his _________.
(a) Future monarchical responsibility.
(b) Future marital responsibility.
(c) Future religious responsibility.
(d) Future parental responsibility.

15. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Chevelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?

2. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?

3. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?

4. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

5. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?

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