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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?
(a) Schwarzwald.
(b) Waserbergland.
(c) Bohemia.
(d) Saxony.

3. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?
(a) "The Fruits of Pryluky."
(b) "The Fruits of Perechyn."
(c) "The Fruits of Poltava."
(d) "The Fruits of Pervomaisk."

4. Peter, unaware if St. Petersburg or Moscow was the goal of Charles XII, set for both and burned a swath how long from Smolensk to Pskov?
(a) 160 miles.
(b) 240 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 120 miles.

5. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?
(a) A peace feeler.
(b) His troops' call to flee.
(c) His officer's call to retreat.
(d) His officer's call to surrender.

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

7. Who was the only individual who stood by Peter against William I?
(a) Frederick of Hesse.
(b) Fredrick William of Prussia.
(c) Frederick of Denmark.
(d) Frederick I of Prussia.

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

9. England's William I, who had sent the fleet each summer to advance Hanover's interests, reversed alliances for what reason?
(a) To thwart Russian mastery of the Baltic.
(b) To thwart Russian mastery of the Caspian.
(c) To thwart Russian mastery of the Bothnia.
(d) To thwart Russian mastery of the Barents.

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

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

12. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?
(a) Great grandson.
(b) Son.
(c) Grandson.
(d) Cousin.

13. 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.

14. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?
(a) Britain, Denmark, Finland, Karelia, Prussia.
(b) Denmark, France, Livonia, Netherlands, Western Poland.
(c) Britain, Estonia, France, Ingria, Netherlands.
(d) Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Prussia.

15. Peter's westward travels in 1716-1717 had the following three goals: to recover his health, to attend his niece's wedding, and to __________.
(a) Boost allies' support of the invasion of England.
(b) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Spain.
(c) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Sweden.
(d) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?

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

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

5. Despite people's pleas, Charles XII vowed to make which group join him or face annihilation?

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