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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alexis was formally denounced, yet was promised forgiveness on what condition?
(a) He would publicly beg forgiveness.
(b) He would publicly weep.
(c) He would name accomplices.
(d) He would undertake military training.

2. What happened to Swedish prisoners of war?
(a) Dispersed to frontiers.
(b) Made into slaves.
(c) Annihilated.
(d) Exchanged for Russian prisoners.

3. Peter in 1704 seized Narva and Dorpat to protect _______and restore the army's honor.
(a) Novosibirsk
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) .Nizhny Novgorod.
(d) Moscow.

4. While his people yearned for peace, Charles XII drafted new troops, raised taxes, and was aided by Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz in becoming what?
(a) His voice if not his brain.
(b) Support, but not his brain.
(c) Both his voice and brain.
(d) His brain but not his voice.

5. Charles XII hoped to ally with Hetman Mazeppa, the Cossack who had been waiting for an opportunity to win independence for ___________.
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

6. Entering Peter's world through Lefort, how did Massie describe Alexander Menshikov in Chapter 28?
(a) Educated, calculating, fearless.
(b) Talented, greedy, dangerous.
(c) Fearless, edutated, dangerous.
(d) Calculating, greedy, talented.

7. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Vilnius.
(d) Riga.

8. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?
(a) "The Fruits of Poltava."
(b) "The Fruits of Pervomaisk."
(c) "The Fruits of Pryluky."
(d) "The Fruits of Perechyn."

9. Chapter 46 examined the rapid growth of St. Petersburg following what year?
(a) 1713.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1707.
(d) 1711.

10. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?
(a) "M."
(b) "V."
(c) "W."
(d) "T."

11. In Chapter 32, the Russians torched Poland to deny Charles provisions and bridges, and accomplish what else?
(a) Position cannons across rivers.
(b) Insert blockades.
(c) Recruit additional forces.
(d) Draft new forces.

12. Charles XII was impatient, but a competent Russian attack surprised him when he crossed which waterway?
(a) Dvina River.
(b) Vistula River.
(c) Pripet River.
(d) Dnieper River.

13. On which bank did Peter's and others' mansions rise?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

14. After being cornered, what areas did Peter abandon that resulted in his survival and making peace with Charles XII?
(a) Azov, Poland, Slovakia.
(b) Poland, Slovakia, Tagonrog.
(c) Azov, Poland, Tagonrog.
(d) Azov, Slovakia, Tagonrog.

15. How was Louis XV related to Louis XIV?
(a) Great grandson.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Son.
(d) Cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter's meddling with Ahmed's restive subjects in ______was covered in Chapter 41.

2. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?

3. While retaining the Baltic lands, what did Peter allow them to keep?

4. What injury lay Charles XII up nearly dead from infection?

5. Peter, unaware if St. Petersburg or Moscow was the goal of Charles XII, set for both and burned a swath how long from Smolensk to Pskov?

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