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

2. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?

3. After Charles XII was led into a trap, what did he and his troops lose?

4. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?

5. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Peter seek to control Dorpat and Narva in 1704?

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

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

10. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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

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

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