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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?
(a) "V."
(b) "T."
(c) "M."
(d) "W."

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

5. In Chapter 29, where were open rebellions by Streltsy repressed?
(a) Bashkirs, Don Cossacks, Lipetsk.
(b) Astrakhan, Bashkirs, Don Cossacks.
(c) Astrakhan, Don Cossacks, Lipetsk.
(d) Astrakhan, Bashkirs, Lipetsk.

6. 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.

7. 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) 120 miles.
(b) 160 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 240 miles.

8. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?
(a) Azov, Poland, Tagonrog.
(b) Azov, Slovakia, Tagonrog.
(c) Azov, Poland, Slovakia.
(d) Poland, Slovakia, Tagonrog.

9. In what location were Alexis and Afrosinia initially hidden by Emperor Charles VI?
(a) Tyrol.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Slovokia.
(d) Turkey.

10. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

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

12. Chapter 45 showed Charles XII held in Adrianople for how long while Turkey and Russia concluded peace?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Twenty months.
(d) Sixteen months.

13. 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 Barents.
(c) To thwart Russian mastery of the Caspian.
(d) To thwart Russian mastery of the Bothnia.

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

15. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.
(a) 1705, 1706.
(b) 1707, 1708.
(c) 1711, 1712.
(d) 1709, 1710.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?

2. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?

3. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

4. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?

5. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?

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