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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what month of the year did Antoinette and Louis rise to the throne in France?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) November.

2. Where was Count Axel Fersen sent for his military duty?
(a) To America.
(b) To Germany.
(c) To Japan.
(d) To Russia.

3. How much older was Caroline than Marie Antoinette?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Six years.

4. Which of his relatives was Louis XVI closest to?
(a) His parents.
(b) His aunts.
(c) His uncles.
(d) His grandparents.

5. Which of the following famous artists visited Antoinette during her first pregnancy with the hopes of earning her patronage?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Leonardo Di Vinci.
(d) Vincent Van Gogh.

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

7. What was Marie Antoinette's father's name?
(a) Leopold Francis.
(b) Francis Stephen.
(c) Joseph Leopold.
(d) Stephen Joseph.

8. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

9. How did Isabella of Parma die?
(a) In childbirth.
(b) She drowned.
(c) From yellow fever.
(d) From smallpox.

10. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?
(a) Children.
(b) No one, she preferred to be alone.
(c) Girls her own age.
(d) The elderly.

11. Which of the following activities most interested Antoinette when she was a small child?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Fishing.

12. What country was Louis XVI from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) France.

13. Which of the following women accused Antoinette of having inappropriately lewd relationships with her female friends?
(a) Contesse de Noailles.
(b) Princess de Lamballe.
(c) Isabella of Parma.
(d) Abbe de Vermond

14. What country was Count Axe Ferson from?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Sweden.

15. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?
(a) Princesse de Lamballe.
(b) Abbe de Vermond
(c) Contesse de Noailles.
(d) Isabella of Parma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people did NOT have a problem with the king's consort's presence in court?

2. How was Antoinette revived when she fainted during the birth of her first child?

3. Which of the following adjectives did Joseph use to describe Antoinette when he first came to visit her after her marriage to Louis XVI?

4. How did Antoinette feel about the king's consort's presence in court?

5. What illness kept Antoinette away from her newborn baby just weeks after it was born?

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