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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Antoinette's family members hoped to see Antoinette exert German power in France immediately upon taking the trhone?
(a) Josepeh.
(b) Maria Teresa.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Leopold.

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

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

4. Which of the following people did NOT have a problem with the king's consort's presence in court?
(a) Antoinette.
(b) The ladies-in-waiting.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Louis XV.

5. Which of the following vices did Antoinette fall into during the time she was not interested in producing an heir?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Biting her nails.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Smoking.

6. What was the name of Antoinette's foster brother, who was raised alongside her by the wet nurse?
(a) Leopold.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Louis.

7. How did Maria Teresa react to the news of her husband's death?
(a) She was amused.
(b) She was relieved.
(c) She was apathetic.
(d) She was devastated.

8. How did Antoinette react to the news that she was officially queen of France?
(a) She fell to her knees in prayer.
(b) She burst out laughing.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She began to sing.

9. Where was Antoinette's father when he died?
(a) Innsbruck.
(b) Paris.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Vienna.

10. Whom did Antoinette most want to honor in the naming of her first-born daughter?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her in-laws.

11. What illness kept Antoinette away from her newborn baby just weeks after it was born?
(a) Measles.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Influenza.

12. Which of the following courts was limited only to nobles?
(a) Austrian court.
(b) French court.
(c) English court.
(d) Russian court.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Antoinette wait before consummating her marriage to Louis XVI?

3. What country was Louis XVI from?

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

5. Where was Count Axel Fersen sent for his military duty?

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