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

2. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

3. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?

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

5. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What sort of effect did the arrival of Charles XII in Germany have?

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

9. Given England's 100-ship Royal Navy, why did the Baltic powers have relatively smaller fleets?

10. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

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

Discuss why Peter failed in his initial attack on Azov, but he was successful in a subsequent assault? In what manner did this affect his status in Russia and in Europe?

Essay Topic 3

What actions did Peter take in the usurpation of Sophia?

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