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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

2. 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) Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Prussia.
(c) Britain, Estonia, France, Ingria, Netherlands.
(d) Denmark, France, Livonia, Netherlands, Western Poland.

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

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

5. In Chapter 38, the Swedes were entrapped, and they convinced Charles XII to flee to what territory?
(a) Lithuanian territory.
(b) Turkish territory.
(c) Polish territory.
(d) Slovakian territory.

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

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

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

9. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.

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

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

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

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

14. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Belarus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Swedish prisoners of war?

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

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. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?

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

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