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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. Whom did Peter's son Alexis marry in Chapter 43?

2. In what year did Martha Skavronskaya, Peter's wife, begin bearing his children?

3. Which Councillor of State controlled French foreign policy because of the age of Louis XV?

4. In Chapter 33, some 35,000 Swedes were against 57,500 Russians, with how many reinforcements respectively?

5. Catherine first married Peter quietly in _______, and later, with full pomp in ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 33, what did the author describe Charles XII and Peter as having done in the early summer months?

2. How did Peter compare with his son, Alexis?

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

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

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

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

7. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

8. How did Peter respond to his Poltava triumph?

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

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

What often mortifying physical disorder began to afflict Peter in the prime of his early manhood?

Essay Topic 2

What was Peter's childhood like? What was of importance that transpired during this time?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the author stipulate Peter's most extraordinary characteristic was his titanic energy?

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