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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 37 described a clash that was most effective because of Rehnskjold's failure to share what with fellow generals?
(a) Battle plans.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Reinforcements.
(d) Food supplies.

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

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

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

5. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?
(a) Louis XIV.
(b) Augusus II.
(c) Peter.
(d) Leopold I.

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

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

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

9. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?
(a) Charles Eugene, Duc Du Croy.
(b) Anthony Devier.
(c) Abbé Guillaume Dubois.
(d) Philippe, Duc d'Orléans.

10. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?
(a) Lutheran culture.
(b) Catholic culture.
(c) Episcopalian culture.
(d) Methodist culture.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?
(a) Insert blockades.
(b) Recruit additional forces.
(c) Draft new forces.
(d) Position cannons across rivers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?

2. Peter engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?

3. In what location were Alexis and Afrosinia initially hidden by Emperor Charles VI?

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

5. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

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