View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?
(a) Zaporozhsky Cossacks, Crimean Tatars.
(b) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Cossacks.
(c) Zaporozhsky and Crimean Tatars.
(d) Zaporozhsky Tatars, Crimean Cossacks.

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

3. The fifty blows mentioned in the title of Chapter 42 were only half the number Peter deserved for risking capture at what location?
(a) Pruth River.
(b) City of Pruth.
(c) Fortress Pruth.
(d) Frigate Pruth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?

3. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?

4. In Chapter 51, Peter came home to handle a governmental mess and confront Tsarevich Alexis about his _________.

5. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of effect did the arrival of Charles XII in Germany have?

2. Why did Charles XII turn south in mid-September and send General Anders Lagercrona's vanguard ahead?

3. Given England's 100-ship Royal Navy, why did the Baltic powers have relatively smaller fleets?

4. Why did Peter decide to focus his attention on the conquest of the upper Baltic?

5. Peter quickly suffered dismay upon his return to St. Petersburg on October 11, 1717, for what reason?

6. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

7. What were some ways Peter's second historic journey into the West differed from his first?

8. In Chapter 33, what did the author describe Charles XII and Peter as having done in the early summer months?

9. Throughout Peter's reign, why was he seen as constantly moving?

10. Why did the author use the phrase "a place of carnage" to describe the battlefield at Poltava?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,178 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample