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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. For how many years was Anna Mons the mistress of Peter?

2. Which two carousing groups did Peter form that convinced many he was the Antichrist?

3. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?

4. Leopold I promised not to relinquish gains Peter made at Azov, but he offered no assistance in gaining entry to which sea?

5. Peter was treated as an upstart monarch, but he behaved with decorum as he was eager to meet Leopold I, master of _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some ways Peter treated Anna Mons differently after he returned from his Great Embassy tour?

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

3. When he came to power, what was the confrontation Charles XII faced with Peter?

4. What were Peter's distinguishing physical characteristics when he was age 22?

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

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

7. Why was Peter anxious to meet King William of England in Holland?

8. Peter ventured into Holland with his Great Embassy for what purpose?

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

10. How did Sophia attempt to ensure that her brief state of thriving during Fedor's time continued following his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter noted that a lone foreigner was capable of dispatching more affairs during a single morning than a house of his senators could accomplish in a month. What was the Tsar's day typically like when he was in St. Petersburg?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

When at dinner among Tsar Peter's lieutenants and friends in 1717, what was Prince Jacob Dolgoruky's response when Peter asked the seventy-eight year old how he compared the accomplishments of Tsar Alexis with those of Peter?

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