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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Queen and Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following female names was NOT included in the name of Antoinette's first-born daughter?
(a) Marie.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Christine.
(d) Teresa.

2. How did Antoinette's father die?
(a) From yellow fever.
(b) From smallpox.
(c) From a stroke.
(d) From cancer.

3. To whom did Antoinette's father cling to before he unexpectedly died, almost as if he had a presentiment of his death?
(a) Marie Teresa.
(b) Isabella of Parma.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Leopold.

4. What did the French people think when they saw Antoinette dance for the first time?
(a) That she looked like a commoner.
(b) That she looked like a consort.
(c) That she looked like an angel.
(d) That she looked like a queen.

5. Who did Louis XVI banish from court in one of his first moves as king?
(a) His mother.
(b) The king's consort.
(c) All peasants.
(d) Count Axe Ferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who put Antoinette and Louis to bed on their first married night together?

2. What disease did the young dauphin likely suffer from?

3. Whom did Antoinette most want to honor in the naming of her first-born daughter?

4. What was the name of Marie Antoinette's wet nurse?

5. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette when she was in the room with a foreign ambassador?

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