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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Nine.

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

4. Who told Alexis that surrendering was his only way of marrying Afrosina?
(a) Peter Tolstoy.
(b) Franz Timmermann.
(c) Jacob Turgenev.
(d) Ivan Tsykler.

5. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

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

7. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?
(a) "V."
(b) "T."
(c) "M."
(d) "W."

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

9. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?
(a) Peter.
(b) Leopold I.
(c) Louis XIV.
(d) Augusus II.

10. Russia captured Riga and _________.
(a) Vysokovsk.
(b) Vyksa.
(c) Vyborg,
(d) Vysotsk.

11. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?
(a) Burn.
(b) Shot.
(c) Horse fall.
(d) Cut.

12. Seeking to restore old Moscow, Charles XII takes a direct thrust at Russia's heart rather than first restoring which sea?
(a) Dead Sea.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Red Sea.

13. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?
(a) Azov, Poland, Tagonrog.
(b) Azov, Poland, Slovakia.
(c) Azov, Slovakia, Tagonrog.
(d) Poland, Slovakia, Tagonrog.

14. Peter was heading home via which city when he met Prussia's King Frederick I and his son Frederick William?
(a) Belzig.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Bremen.
(d) Bremerhauen.

15. How soon after Goertz went to Charles XII about having negotiated with Norway without authorization did Charles die?
(a) Four days.
(b) One day.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Seven days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?

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?

3. Where did Charles XII flee as Peter made his first disciplined infantry launch?

4. Chapter 45 showed Charles XII held in Adrianople for how long while Turkey and Russia concluded peace?

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

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