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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. Who told Alexis that surrendering was his only way of marrying Afrosina?
(a) Peter Tolstoy.
(b) Jacob Turgenev.
(c) Franz Timmermann.
(d) Ivan Tsykler.

2. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?
(a) Ten.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

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

4. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?
(a) Escaped custody, returned to exile.
(b) Sentence commuted, exiled to monastery.
(c) Died before sentence is administered.
(d) Publicly admitted guilt, was forgiven.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Largely due to Peter Tolstoy's diplomacy, which group remained out of the Northern War?

3. Who was the only individual who stood by Peter against William I?

4. Which vast Ottoman Empire situation was surveyed in Chapter 40?

5. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Charles XII and his advance regiments find upon arrival at Baturin on November 11?

2. How did the reign of Louis XIV of France compare with Peter's of Russia?

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

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

5. Why did Peter never have to simultaneously fight two enemies?

6. Why did Peter seek to control Dorpat and Narva in 1704?

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

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

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

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

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