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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. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

2. Alexis was formally denounced, yet was promised forgiveness on what condition?

3. Where did Charles XII flee as Peter made his first disciplined infantry launch?

4. How old was Peter Petrovich when he was named heir?

5. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 36, how confident did Charles XII feel in early April ?

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

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

5. What took place in the Great Audience Hall in Moscow on February 3, 1718?

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

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

8. How did the reign of Louis XIV of France compare with Peter's of Russia?

9. What did Chapter 42, "Fifty Blows on the Pruth," take its title from?

10. What did Charles XII and his advance regiments find upon arrival at Baturin on November 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What was Peter's childhood like? What was of importance that transpired during this time?

Essay Topic 3

What often mortifying physical disorder began to afflict Peter in the prime of his early manhood?

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