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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Carolina living at the time when Antoinette left home to join her new husband?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Naples.
(d) Paris.

2. Which of the following female names was NOT included in the name of Antoinette's first-born daughter?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Christine.
(d) Marie.

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

4. How long did Antoinette wait before consummating her marriage to Louis XVI?
(a) Six months.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following European countries did Austria belong to at the time of Antoinette's birth?

2. What was the name of Antoinette's foster brother, who was raised alongside her by the wet nurse?

3. How did Antoinette's father die?

4. How old was Marie Antoinette when there were the first signs of political upheaval in Europe?

5. Which of the following famous artists visited Antoinette during her first pregnancy with the hopes of earning her patronage?

Short Essay Questions

1. As an adult living in France, how did Antoinette reflect back on her childhood?

2. What was expected of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during their first night as a married couple?

3. Why wasn't Marie Antoinette permitted to bring any of her belongings into France with her?

4. What did Marie Antoinette find most ridiculous about her new life in court?

5. How did Antoinette's father, Stephen, die?

6. What was the French court's first impression of the new royal couple, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

7. What problems soon began to arise with Marie Antoinette's spending habits after she arose to the throne?

8. How did Teresa react when she heard that after a year, Marie Antoinette's marriage still had not been consummated?

9. What was the first change Louis XVI made in the French court after being appointed as the king?

10. How did the King, Louis XV, die?

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