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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the royal family leaving to celebrate when the mob attacked their carriage?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Years.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The King's birthday.

2. How does King Louis show his support for the new government?
(a) He writes a newspaoer column.
(b) He gives them money.
(c) He chants their motto.
(d) He dons their colors.

3. What stopped the transport of grain into Paris?
(a) The freezing over of the river Seine.
(b) The Paris riots.
(c) The tropical rains.
(d) The tropical winds.

4. What two countries did it look likely France would go to war with?
(a) Germany and Denmark.
(b) Russia and Ukraine.
(c) Holland and England.
(d) Austria and Hungary.

5. What did the episode with Calome, leading to his resignation, say about the King's position within society?
(a) He was the verge of being assassinated.
(b) He was utterly hated.
(c) He was ridiculed.
(d) He was virtually powerless.

6. Why did Antoinette think Jacques should be reinstated as finance minister?
(a) He would gain the support of the parliament and international financiers.
(b) He would stop the public from rioting.
(c) He would force the reforms wanted by the King.
(d) He would give the King and Queen time to escape the country.

7. What is the name of the old Parisian fortress the protesters storm?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Boullion.
(c) Bastille.
(d) Conciergerie.

8. What was King Louis referred to as once he had been stripped of his title?
(a) Louis Krebs.
(b) Louis Capet.
(c) Jean Paul Louis.
(d) Louie Windsor.

9. Who petitioned the Assembly to depose of King Louis?
(a) The Jacobins.
(b) The National Guard.
(c) The People's Party.
(d) The military.

10. What did Mirabeau want to create that would include the royal family?
(a) A democracy.
(b) A French commonwealth.
(c) A fascist state.
(d) A constitutional monarcy.

11. What was the name of the fortress the royal family were imprisoned in?
(a) The Yard.
(b) The Duvet.
(c) The Pauper.
(d) The Temple.

12. Who are waiting at a town to help the royal family?
(a) A group of noblemen.
(b) A group of servants.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A group of slaves.

13. What were the Jacobins named after?
(a) A church.
(b) A town.
(c) A Greek army.
(d) A monastery.

14. How did the crowd react to the King's oath at the Bastille celebrations?
(a) They jeered him.
(b) They cheered wildly.
(c) They bowed their heads.
(d) They threw things at him.

15. Why does Louis refuse to escape with Axel?
(a) He wants to face the people.
(b) He doesn't like Axel.
(c) He won't leave his family behind.
(d) He has accepted his fate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Parisians do to Antoinette's servants in this section?

3. Why do members of the royal family and noblemen want to escape France?

4. Why did the King storm out of the Paris parliament?

5. What did the King spend his days doing at the Tuileries?

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