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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Much of Charles XII's infantry wasted time on Peter's redoubts and was _________.
(a) Out of time for the main battle.
(b) Out of gunpowder for the main battle.
(c) Out of position for the main battle.
(d) Out of area where main battle transpires.

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

5. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.
(b) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(c) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.
(d) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.

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

7. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

8. What happened to Swedish prisoners of war?
(a) Dispersed to frontiers.
(b) Exchanged for Russian prisoners.
(c) Made into slaves.
(d) Annihilated.

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

10. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?
(a) "The Fruits of Pryluky."
(b) "The Fruits of Poltava."
(c) "The Fruits of Perechyn."
(d) "The Fruits of Pervomaisk."

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

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

13. 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 England.
(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 Denmark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 45 showed Charles XII held in Adrianople for how long while Turkey and Russia concluded peace?

2. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?

3. When Peter found evidence of Alexis' whereabouts, where did Charles VI move Alexis?

4. Who told Alexis that surrendering was his only way of marrying Afrosina?

5. Ulrika, the sister of Charles XII, assumed the throne and ordered Goertz beheaded, which left Sweden as a _________.

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