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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. Upset by Sophia, whom did the boyars rally around?
2. Golitsyn was responsible for what foreign policy highpoint of the Regency?
3. Martha Skavronskaya, a peasant girl Sheremetev captured, later became Peter's wife and successor as _________.
4. The "Great Embassy" ended abruptly before a trip to ________________because word came that the Streltsy were rebelling?
5. Why did Peter go incognito to complete his education?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Moscow like in Peter's youth?
2. When Sophia became regent, what immediate test did she face?
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. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?
5. According to Chapter 9, what did Peter find in the German Suburb?
6. What took place for Peter on his initial trip to Archangel in 1693?
7. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?
8. Why was Peter anxious to meet King William of England in Holland?
9. What activities did Peter prefer to state ceremonies during Sophia's reign?
10. How did the author describe London in the era Peter visited?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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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