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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. Chapter 24 summarized Charles XII's youth and stressed his love of military science and adventure before he took the throne at what age?

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

3. When Ivan and Peter were crowned as co-tsars, Sophia took over as __________.

4. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?

5. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?

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

4. What took place for Peter on his initial trip to Archangel in 1693?

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

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

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

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

9. What was Peter's response following his initial defeat against Charles XII?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Tsar Peter's reaction to Mazeppa's treason?

Essay Topic 2

What were the fruits that Peter's triumph at Poltava afforded?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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