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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. Who were members of the third estate?

2. Why does Antoinette start wearing especially thick undergarments?

3. Why does Louis refuse to escape with Axel?

4. Who did the King pledge his support to at the Bastille celebrations?

5. What country's border do Antoinette and her family travel to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antoinette try to protect herself from attack?

2. What problems occur in this section?

3. How do Antoinette and her family plan to escape the Tuileries?

4. Why is Mirabeau's death a huge blow for the King?

5. What was the National Assembly?

6. What problems was Marie Antoinette's son suffering from?

7. Why does Louis insist on staying with his family?

8. What goes wrong with the plan?

9. What is life like for Antoinette and her family in chapter twenty three?

10. How does Antoinette work to improve the political situation in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the effects of the following people's deaths.

1. Marie Antoinette.

2. King Louis XV.

3. Marie Theresa.

4. Mirabeau.

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

Discuss the differences between novel and biography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an biography? What can novelists express that an biographer cannot? How can biographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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