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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Maurepas manufacture a rift with Austria?

2. What is the name of the King of Prussia?

3. Why couldn't Elizabeth marry?

4. What does Marie Antoinette do for exercise?

5. What is the name of Maria Theresa's favorite son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maria Theresa want the servants to discuss with their children?

2. What problems do Antoinette and Louis have at the beginning of chapter twelve?

3. What was special about Venice during the 1760s?

4. What effect did Joseph's visit have on Antoinette?

5. What problems did Jacques Necker cause?

6. Describe the elaborate system of duties at the French court.

7. What did people think about the way Antoinette reacted to the possibility of becoming queen?

8. How do Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine dress their children?

9. What was Marie Antoinette taught before she married Louis?

10. What rumors were spread by Antoinette and her marriage to the King?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the the economic problems in France contribute to the intense political situation at the end of the book? How could the upper classes have avoided this situation? Were the upper classes entirely to blame for the problems?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following historical figures in Erickson's book and discuss how Erickson represents them in the story and why she represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against her representation of that person's life?

1. Maria Theresa.

2. King Louis XV.

3. Count Mercer.

4. Madame Barry.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the decline in Marie Antoinette's popularity. How did the French public first receive Marie Antoinette? Why did public opinion turn against Marie Antoinette? What do you think Marie Antoinette could have done to change public opinion in her favor?

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