Which statements describe catherine the great?
choose all answers that are correct.
a. she was an eighteenth-century princess who became empress of russia.
b. she expanded russia's borders.
c. despite early good intentions, catherine failed to reform serfdom.
d. she rejected enlightenment ideas and did little to promote the arts.
e. she tried to halt the modernization of russia's industry, trade, and roads.

A and C, from what I know. I have an answer key from the test, and it says that she was a princess from 1762 that became an empress of Russia, and that she failed to reform serfdom, because Russians resist change. It didn't say anything about her expanding Russia's borders, rejecting enlightenment idea, or halting the modernization of Russia's industry. If anything, she did all that she could to encourage Enlightenment ideas, promote the arts, and modernized Russia's industry.

puritans hope this