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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. Frederick of Denmark dropped out of the conflict following what?

2. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?

3. Who was the King of Poland that Peter met en route home?

4. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?

5. When Peter lived openly in the German suburb among foreigners, which three important friends did he make?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities did Peter prefer to state ceremonies during Sophia's reign?

2. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Moscow like in Peter's youth?

9. When Sophia became regent, what immediate test did she face?

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

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

What was a visitor to Paris in 1717 likely to have seen? What was on the list Peter compiled of all he desired to look at and accomplish on his second historic trip to the West? How successful was his visit?

Essay Topic 3

Why was the Tsar's Great Embassy one of only a couple of overwhelming events in his life?

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