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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author note Peter seemed to identify as the key while he embarked on his "Great Embassy" travels?

2. From Voronezh where he displayed power and obtained a treaty with the Turks when Baltic fighting started, Peter set out to reclaim what?

3. In Chapter 25, Peter attacked a 13th-century Estonian seaport fortress that was defended by how many men?

4. After invading the Kremlin, for how many days did Muscovy's soldiers kill boyars?

5. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Peter's Great Embassy amaze his countrymen?

2. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?

3. According to Chapter 9, what did Peter find in the German Suburb?

4. What intentional humiliations did former elite troops that comprised old Muscovite armies sustain following Sophia's downfall?

5. Who did Peter meet when his Embassy came to an end unexpectedly, and he headed home?

6. Why was Peter unsuccessful in gaining an ally against the Turks when he met Leopold I?

7. What were some examples that reflected how seventeenth century European wars, despite deadliness and scope that steadily grew, still retained obedience of rules?

8. Why did Peter select the location he did for St. Petersburg?

9. What were some of the problems Peter found taking place in the shipyards at Voronezh when he returned from his Embassy tour?

10. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance did Andrew Vinius, Patrick Gordon, Francis Lefort, and the Jolly Company have in Peter's life?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the author stipulate Peter's most extraordinary characteristic was his titanic energy?

Essay Topic 3

How did the description of Peter's later years at court while in St. Petersburg given by Ambassador Frederich Christian Weber of Hanover compare with that of court life twenty years prior in Moscow presented by Johann-Georg Korb, secretary to a visiting Austrian ambassador?

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