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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. Peter was concerned by the loss at Narva, but he spared nothing to outfit and train his new army under whom?
2. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.
3. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
4. What did Peter use to assess the plot and rid himself of the menace?
5. Chapter 24 summarized Charles XII's youth and stressed his love of military science and adventure before he took the throne at what age?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Peter select the location he did for St. Petersburg?
2. What battle did Peter decide to engage in at age 22?
3. What were some examples that reflected how seventeenth century European wars, despite deadliness and scope that steadily grew, still retained obedience of rules?
4. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?
5. How did King William find Peter shortly following his arrival in London?
6. Why was Peter unsuccessful in gaining an ally against the Turks when he met Leopold I?
7. What were some ways Peter treated Anna Mons differently after he returned from his Great Embassy tour?
8. What was Peter's response following his initial defeat against Charles XII?
9. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?
10. Peter ventured into Holland with his Great Embassy for what purpose?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Since Peter knew Charles XII fully intended to lead his army across Poland to invade Russia, what measures of defense did he undertake?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Why was Charles XII no longer welcome in the Sublime Court toward the end of 1713? What plot developed out of the decision to send Charles back home, via one means or another? What was the outcome of this scheme?
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