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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Austrian Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette when she was in the room with a foreign ambassador?
(a) Confused.
(b) Dignified.
(c) Comical.
(d) Kind.

2. Who suggested that Antoinette take a lover to ensure that she produce an heir to the throne?
(a) Max.
(b) Count Axel Fersen.
(c) Louis.
(d) Teresa.

3. Whose advice did Louis XVI rely on for political guidance upon taking over the French throne?
(a) His aunts'.
(b) His father's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) His grandmother's.

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

5. Where did Louis' aunts escape to during their time in exile?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the screaming mobs who frequently attacked the castle, demand?

2. Whom did Antoinette most want to honor in the naming of her first-born daughter?

3. Which of Antoinette's family members hoped to see Antoinette exert German power in France immediately upon taking the trhone?

4. Why wouldn't Antoinette's brother help his sister and her family out of exile?

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

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