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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 engaged which philosopher to oversee administrative, educational, and legal reforms?
(a) Gottfried von Leibniz.
(b) Francis Lefort.
(c) Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt.
(d) Stanislaus Lesczynski.

2. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?
(a) Princess Charlotte.
(b) Princess Champagne.
(c) Princess Chevelle.
(d) Princess Cecilia.

3. 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) Support, but not his brain.
(b) His brain but not his voice.
(c) His voice if not his brain.
(d) Both his voice and brain.

4. What transpired after a broken Alexis was condemned to death?
(a) Sentence commuted, exiled to monastery.
(b) Died before sentence is administered.
(c) Escaped custody, returned to exile.
(d) Publicly admitted guilt, was forgiven.

5. Upon meeting King Louis XV, Peter shocked the French by lifting him up and ___________.
(a) Tickling, singing to him.
(b) Hugging, kissing him.
(c) Tossing, catching him.
(d) Holding, giving piggy-back rides.

Short Answer Questions

1. England's William I, who had sent the fleet each summer to advance Hanover's interests, reversed alliances for what reason?

2. St. Petersburg expanded from Petrograd Island onto the mainland, then downstream to where?

3. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

4. Chapter 36 brought spring's oppressive heat, but Charles XII rejected what at this point?

5. Charles XII ordered the Poles to join him, hoping who would aid him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was it Russia appeared to have significantly deteriorated in comparison to Sweden in the spring of 1720?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

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