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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Fortress Pruth.
(c) City of Pruth.
(d) Pruth River.

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

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

13. Peter was heading home via which city when he met Prussia's King Frederick I and his son Frederick William?
(a) Bremen.
(b) Belzig.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Bremerhauen.

14. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?
(a) Regent were set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(b) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George II hated Peter.
(c) Regent were set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.
(d) Councillor of State was set to ally with England, George I hated Peter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?

2. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?

3. According to Chapter 29, what positive improvements were part of Peter's reign?

4. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?

5. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?

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