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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose penmanship was better when Louis and Antoinette signed their marriage contract?
(a) Neither child know how to sign their own names.
(b) Louis'.
(c) Antoinette's.
(d) Both Louis and Antoinette had equally beautiful penmanship.

2. What was Marie Antoinette's nickname upon birth?
(a) The little archduchess.
(b) The little princess.
(c) The little queen.
(d) The little lady-in-waiting.

3. Why was Antoinette secretly glad that her first born child was a girl?
(a) Because she hoped a daughter would get her sent back to Austria.
(b) Because she would be allowed to raise the child herself.
(c) Because girls were easier to raise than boys.
(d) Because she did not want to produce an heir.

4. Whose advice did Louis XVI rely on for political guidance upon taking over the French throne?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His aunts'.
(c) His grandmother's.
(d) His father's.

5. What number in the birth order was Marie Antoinette?
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Sixteenth.
(c) Nineteenth.
(d) Eleventh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fabric did Antoinette favor in her dress?

3. How many years into Antoinette's marriage did it take for her to produce a male heir to the throne?

4. Which of Antoinette's family members accused her of having "lost her bloom" at the tender age of fifteen?

5. What did Antoinette most hate about mealtime when she first arrived at the French court?

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