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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. Peter had ten redoubts built in what formation, that slowed enemy attacks?

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

3. Peter was shown in Chapter 29 as an autocrat over the vast country which he divided into how many governorships?

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

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

3. How did the reign of Louis XIV of France compare with Peter's of Russia?

4. St. Petersburg came about in what fashion?

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

6. What sort of life did Catherine originate from?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter noted that a lone foreigner was capable of dispatching more affairs during a single morning than a house of his senators could accomplish in a month. What was the Tsar's day typically like when he was in St. Petersburg?

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

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

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