Bloom's: Comprehension
Assessment:
Quiz: Russia in the Age
of Absolutism (10 Points)
Name: _____________________________
Part 1: Multiple Choice (1 Point Each)
Circle the entire statement which
best answers the question.
1. What did Peter and Catherine the
Great do to change Russian culture?
A. They forced Roman Catholicism on
the Russian people.
B. They made the Russian people
adopt aspects of Western European culture.
C. They instituted policies which
improved the lives of serfs and worsened the lives of nobility.
D. They provided education for all
Russians.
2. What was the primary reason why
Peter I and Catherine II were considered “Great”?
A. They allowed anyone to serve in
the military.
B. Russian territory was greatly
expanded during their reigns.
C. Economic conditions improved for
all Russians during their rules.
D. Russia enjoyed an age of peace
during their rules.
3. Primarily, why did Peter the Great
capture port cities and raise taxes?
A. To create a navy and fund his
military.
B. To expand Russia and punish the
nobility.
C. To launch colonization
expeditions and fund them.
D. To expand overseas trade and fund
industry.
4. What did Catherine the Great do
when she was concerned with the rise of democratic governments in Western
Europe?
A. She started a war with
neighboring Poland before democracy could take hold and split
the territory with Austria and Prussia.
B. Strengthened political ties with
the remaining monarchies in Western Europe.
C. Refused to recognize the new
government of France after the French Revolution of 1789.
D. Ended war with the kingdom of
Sweden out of concern of a populist uprising at home.
Part 2: Short Answer (3 Points Each)
Read the following excerpt and
respond to the questions in one or two complete sentences.
…Peter’s
military reform would have remained an isolated incident in Russian military
history had it not left a distinct and deep impression on the social and
intellectual composition of all Russian society, and even influenced future
political developments. The military reform itself made necessary other
innovations, first to maintain the reorganized and expensive military forces,
and then to ensure their permanency. The new recruiting methods, by spreading
military obligations to classes hitherto [up to this time] exempt, and thus
affecting all social classes, gave the new army a more varied composition and
completely altered existing social relationships. From the time that noblemens’
serfs and servants joined the new army as ordinary recruits instead of only as
menials or valets [servants], the position of the nobility, which had been
preponderant [dominant] in the old army, was completely changed…
-Source: Vasili Klyuchevsky, translated by Liliana Archibald,
Peter the Great, St. Martin’s Press
5. According to Klyuchevsky, what was
one way Peter the Great attempted to control the Russian people?
6. According to Klyuchevsky, what was
one effect Peter the Great’s reform had on the Russian nobles?
Answers:
1. B 2.
B 3. D 4. A
5 and 6: (I did not think these were worthy of a full rubric)
1 Point: Student attempts answer.
2 Points: Student attempts answer using complete
sentences and proper grammar/spelling.
3 Points: Student gives a correct answer using
complete sentences and proper grammar/spelling.
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