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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Afrosina provided proof of treason, what did Peter do?
(a) Ordered ecclesiastic, secular trials and sanctioned torture.
(b) Prescribed collective trials, and sanctioned the death penalty.
(c) Set canonic, temporal trials and banished Alexis to a monastery.
(d) Ordained the religious and beheaded Alexis.

2. 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?
(a) Support, but not his brain.
(b) Both his voice and brain.
(c) His brain but not his voice.
(d) His voice if not his brain.

3. When Peter found evidence of Alexis' whereabouts, where did Charles VI move Alexis?
(a) Rome.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Venice.
(d) Naples.

4. 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.

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, Tagonrog.
(c) Azov, Poland, Slovakia.
(d) Poland, Slovakia, Tagonrog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Mazeppa had run into his arms, why was Charles XII desperate?

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

3. According to Chapter 29, what positive improvements were part of Peter's reign?

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

5. General Lewenhaupt was sent for a massive quantity of supplies, but his effort bogged down and cost the campaign of Charles XII how much time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Peter compare with his son, Alexis?

3. What did Alexis do on the evening of November 10, 1716?

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

5. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

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

7. According to Chapter 36, how confident did Charles XII feel in early April ?

8. Peter gave orders as early as January, 1707, that directed what to be done to Poland?

9. What did Charles XII propose to his senior officers the day prior to the battle at Poltava in June, 1709?

10. Why was it Russia appeared to have significantly deteriorated in comparison to Sweden in the spring of 1720?

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