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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Vilnius.
(c) Minsk.
(d) Riga.

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

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

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

6. 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 I 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 II hated Peter.
(d) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.

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

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

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

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

11. Ulrika, the sister of Charles XII, assumed the throne and ordered Goertz beheaded, which left Sweden as a _________.
(a) Vantage point.
(b) Sovereign country.
(c) Stable power.
(d) Vacuum.

12. In Chapter 51, Peter came home to handle a governmental mess and confront Tsarevich Alexis about his _________.
(a) Future monarchical responsibility.
(b) Future religious responsibility.
(c) Future marital responsibility.
(d) Future parental responsibility.

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

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

15. 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) His brain but not his voice.
(c) Both his voice and brain.
(d) Support, but not his brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?

2. Peter's westward travels in 1716-1717 had the following three goals: to recover his health, to attend his niece's wedding, and to __________.

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

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

5. Peter's meddling with Ahmed's restive subjects in ______was covered in Chapter 41.

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