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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.
(a) Hugging, kissing him.
(b) Tossing, catching him.
(c) Holding, giving piggy-back rides.
(d) Tickling, singing to him.

2. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?
(a) Lutheran culture.
(b) Catholic culture.
(c) Methodist culture.
(d) Episcopalian culture.

3. Chapter 46 examined the rapid growth of St. Petersburg following what year?
(a) 1713.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1711.
(d) 1709.

4. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?
(a) Ten weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

5. 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) Fortress Pruth.
(c) Frigate Pruth.
(d) Pruth River.

6. Although Mazeppa had run into his arms, why was Charles XII desperate?
(a) He was deep in enemy territory, low on food and gunpowder.
(b) He was surrounded, low on food and gunpowder.
(c) His troops wanted to surrender.
(d) His army was divided, low on food and medicine.

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

8. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?
(a) 1708.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1706.
(d) 1709.

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

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

11. Following his stay in Adrianople, where did Charles XII race?
(a) To Pyntz.
(b) To Plath.
(c) To Pomerania.
(d) To Pollnow.

12. Chapter 37 described a clash that was most effective because of Rehnskjold's failure to share what with fellow generals?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Reinforcements.
(c) Food supplies.
(d) Battle plans.

13. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?
(a) 110,000, 70,000.
(b) 50,000, 90,000.
(c) 70,000, 110,000.
(d) 30,000, 70,000.

14. What happened to Swedish prisoners of war?
(a) Made into slaves.
(b) Annihilated.
(c) Exchanged for Russian prisoners.
(d) Dispersed to frontiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?

2. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

3. Unable to fight with Sweden or Britain in new "ship-of-the-line" warships, what did Peter build that could sail close to shore and swarm larger ships?

4. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?

5. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

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