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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. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?
(a) Philippe, Duc d'Orléans.
(b) Charles Eugene, Duc Du Croy.
(c) Abbé Guillaume Duboi.
(d) Anthony Devier.

2. England's William I, who had sent the fleet each summer to advance Hanover's interests, reversed alliances for what reason?
(a) To thwart Russian mastery of the Caspian.
(b) To thwart Russian mastery of the Bothnia.
(c) To thwart Russian mastery of the Barents.
(d) To thwart Russian mastery of the Baltic.

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

4. According to Chapter 29, what positive improvements were part of Peter's reign?
(a) Condition of deformed infants, tax reform, theater.
(b) Condition of elderly, medical developments, theater.
(c) Condition of foreigners, technical education, public housing.
(d) Condition of women, language education, a newspaper.

5. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?
(a) Dekabristov Island.
(b) Decembrist's Island.
(c) Vasilevsky Island.
(d) Goloday Island.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

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

4. In Chapter 38, the Swedes were entrapped, and they convinced Charles XII to flee to what territory?

5. When Peter ordered the fortress at Grodno abandoned, Charles XII was freed to invade what region?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What took place in the Great Audience Hall in Moscow on February 3, 1718?

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

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

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

10. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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