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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) Ivan Tsykler.
(b) Jacob Turgenev.
(c) Franz Timmermann.
(d) Peter Tolstoy.

2. 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?
(a) Days.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

3. Peter's meddling with Ahmed's restive subjects in ______was covered in Chapter 41.
(a) 1712-1713.
(b) 1714-1715.
(c) 1708-1709.
(d) 1710-1711.

4. Protestants sought to keep Charles XII apart from whom?
(a) Peter.
(b) Leopold I.
(c) Augusus II.
(d) Louis XIV.

5. Which new fleet did Peter use in Chapter 44?
(a) Flying.
(b) Northern.
(c) Barents.
(d) Baltic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in 1715 after giving birth to Peter, a son?

2. Ulrika, the sister of Charles XII, assumed the throne and ordered Goertz beheaded, which left Sweden as a _________.

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

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

5. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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