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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?
(a) 50,000, 90,000.
(b) 30,000, 70,000.
(c) 110,000, 70,000.
(d) 70,000, 110,000.

3. From where did Peter seek a mediator or ally after determining that fanatical Charles XII was certain to invade Russia?
(a) Denmark, France, Livonia, Netherlands, Western Poland.
(b) Britain, Denmark, Finland, Karelia, Prussia.
(c) Britain, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Prussia.
(d) Britain, Estonia, France, Ingria, Netherlands.

4. Largely due to Peter Tolstoy's diplomacy, which group remained out of the Northern War?
(a) Russia.
(b) Turks.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

5. 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?
(a) Months.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Russia captured Riga and _________.

4. Peter was heading home via which city when he met Prussia's King Frederick I and his son Frederick William?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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