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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?
(a) Anthony Devier.
(b) Charles Eugene, Duc Du Croy.
(c) Philippe, Duc d'Orléans.
(d) Abbé Guillaume Duboi.

2. When Afrosina provided proof of treason, what did Peter do?
(a) Set canonic, temporal trials and banished Alexis to a monastery.
(b) Ordained the religious and beheaded Alexis.
(c) Ordered ecclesiastic, secular trials and sanctioned torture.
(d) Prescribed collective trials, and sanctioned the death penalty.

3. While his people yearned for peace, Charles XII drafted new troops, raised taxes, and was aided by Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz in becoming what?
(a) His voice if not his brain.
(b) Both his voice and brain.
(c) His brain but not his voice.
(d) Support, but not his brain.

4. Peter's meddling with Ahmed's restive subjects in ______was covered in Chapter 41.
(a) 1708-1709.
(b) 1710-1711.
(c) 1714-1715.
(d) 1712-1713.

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

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

7. The fifty blows mentioned in the title of Chapter 42 were only half the number Peter deserved for risking capture at what location?
(a) City of Pruth.
(b) Frigate Pruth.
(c) Fortress Pruth.
(d) Pruth River.

8. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?
(a) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(b) Regent were set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(c) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(d) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.

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

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 and Crimean Tatars.
(d) Zaporozhsky Cossacks, Crimean Tatars.

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

12. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Thirty years.

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

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

15. Where did Charles XII flee as Peter made his first disciplined infantry launch?
(a) Royal asylum.
(b) Tatar asylum.
(c) Cossack asylum.
(d) Catholic asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 51, Peter came home to handle a governmental mess and confront Tsarevich Alexis about his _________.

2. Russia captured Riga and _________.

3. How old was Peter Petrovich when he was named heir?

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

5. Following his stay in Adrianople, where did Charles XII race?

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