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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. 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.

2. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?
(a) 110,000, 70,000.
(b) 30,000, 70,000.
(c) 50,000, 90,000.
(d) 70,000, 110,000.

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

4. According to Chapter 50, what had Peter been oblivious to and curious about before Paris in 1717?
(a) Oblivious to pomp, curious about museums.
(b) Oblivious to resplendence, curious about theater.
(c) Oblivious to grandeur, curious about architecture.
(d) Oblivious to majesty, curious about everything.

5. After how long did Peter bid the Regent and King farewell?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it that Peter's 1717 visit to France yielded no diplomatic fruit?

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

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

4. What was Peter's view of his niece's marriage?

5. Which new fleet did Peter use in Chapter 44?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

5. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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

7. What was Peter's response when he learned of the death of Charles XII?

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

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

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

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