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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?
(a) Safe retreat.
(b) Warm quarters.
(c) Dry gunpowder.
(d) Food rations.

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

4. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?
(a) Fearless, edutated, dangerous.
(b) Calculating, greedy, talented.
(c) Educated, calculating, fearless.
(d) Talented, greedy, dangerous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. When Peter found evidence of Alexis' whereabouts, where did Charles VI move Alexis?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Venice.
(c) Naples.
(d) Rome.

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

13. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1711.
(d) 1705.

14. 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 Denmark.
(b) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Sweden.
(c) Boost allies' support of the invasion of Spain.
(d) Boost allies' support of the invasion of England.

15. 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) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(c) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(d) Regent were set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 37 described a clash that was most effective because of Rehnskjold's failure to share what with fellow generals?

2. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?

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?

4. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?

5. 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?

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