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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. Where did Alexis finally seek asylum after originally being ordered by Peter to go to Copenhagen?

2. Ulrika, the sister of Charles XII, assumed the throne and ordered Goertz beheaded, which left Sweden as a _________.

3. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?

4. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?

5. How soon after Goertz went to Charles XII about having negotiated with Norway without authorization did Charles die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alexis do on the evening of November 10, 1716?

2. What was Peter's response when he learned of the death of Charles XII?

3. Why did Charles XII turn south in mid-September and send General Anders Lagercrona's vanguard ahead?

4. Why was it Russia appeared to have significantly deteriorated in comparison to Sweden in the spring of 1720?

5. Why did Peter decide to focus his attention on the conquest of the upper Baltic?

6. In Chapter 33, what did the author describe Charles XII and Peter as having done in the early summer months?

7. Throughout Peter's reign, why was he seen as constantly moving?

8. Peter quickly suffered dismay upon his return to St. Petersburg on October 11, 1717, for what reason?

9. Why did Peter seek to control Dorpat and Narva in 1704?

10. Why did Peter never have to simultaneously fight two enemies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance did Andrew Vinius, Patrick Gordon, Francis Lefort, and the Jolly Company have in Peter's life?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What events transpired in the six weeks subsequent to the death of Charles XII that drastically affected the life of Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz?

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