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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. Peter conquered coastal Finland, invaded the Aland Islands, and seized how many ships off Cape Hangö in one summer?

2. Who told Alexis that surrendering was his only way of marrying Afrosina?

3. When Peter found evidence of Alexis' whereabouts, where did Charles VI move Alexis?

4. General Lewenhaupt was sent for a massive quantity of supplies, but his effort bogged down and cost the campaign of Charles XII how much time?

5. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.

Short Essay Questions

1. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

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

3. Why did the author use the phrase "a place of carnage" to describe the battlefield at Poltava?

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

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

6. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was Tsar Peter's reaction to Mazeppa's treason?

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