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

2. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Riga.
(b) Vilnius.
(c) Minsk.
(d) Kiev.

3. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?
(a) 1707.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1711.

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

5. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?
(a) Philippe, Duc d'Orléans.
(b) Charles Eugene, Duc Du Croy.
(c) Anthony Devier.
(d) Abbé Guillaume Dubois.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 29, where were open rebellions by Streltsy repressed?

3. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?

4. Alexis was formally denounced, yet was promised forgiveness on what condition?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the Turkish Sultan want to send Charles XII home?

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

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

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

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

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