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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. Peter was able to launch a disciplined infantry line which enveloped ________/
(a) Counter-striking Swedes.
(b) Charging Swedes.
(c) Fleeing Swedes.
(d) Retreating Swedes.

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

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

9. 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) 200 miles.
(b) 160 miles.
(c) 240 miles.
(d) 120 miles.

10. Charles XII was impatient, but a competent Russian attack surprised him when he crossed which waterway?
(a) Vistula River.
(b) Dvina River.
(c) Dnieper River.
(d) Pripet River.

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

12. Where did Charles XII flee as Peter made his first disciplined infantry launch?
(a) Cossack asylum.
(b) Tatar asylum.
(c) Royal asylum.
(d) Catholic asylum.

13. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?
(a) Cut.
(b) Shot.
(c) Horse fall.
(d) Burn.

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

15. Seeking to restore old Moscow, Charles XII takes a direct thrust at Russia's heart rather than first restoring which sea?
(a) Red Sea.
(b) Mediterranean Sea.
(c) Dead Sea.
(d) Baltic Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russia captured Riga and _________.

2. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?

3. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?

4. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?

5. Peter was heading home via which city when he met Prussia's King Frederick I and his son Frederick William?

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