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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 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?

2. With Severia lost, where did Charles XII go?

3. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

4. Due to the French monarch's age, who served as Regent for Louis XV?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What were some ways Peter's second historic journey into the West differed from his first?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How was it St. Petersburg came to be?

Essay Topic 3

From where did the author draw, "These Things are in Your Way," the title of Chapter 18?

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