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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. In Chapter 29, where were open rebellions by Streltsy repressed?

2. Who was the only individual who stood by Peter against William I?

3. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.

4. Peter engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Peter gave orders as early as January, 1707, that directed what to be done to Poland?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When at dinner among Tsar Peter's lieutenants and friends in 1717, what was Prince Jacob Dolgoruky's response when Peter asked the seventy-eight year old how he compared the accomplishments of Tsar Alexis with those of Peter?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the Tsar's Great Embassy one of only a couple of overwhelming events in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Peter noted that a lone foreigner was capable of dispatching more affairs during a single morning than a house of his senators could accomplish in a month. What was the Tsar's day typically like when he was in St. Petersburg?

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