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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Queen and Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following famous musicians reportedly asked for Antoinette's hand in marriage?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Bethoven.
(d) Pachebel.

2. How did Antoinette's dress change in the year 1785?
(a) Her dress became more severe.
(b) Her dress became more conservative.
(c) Her dress became more Hungarian.
(d) Her dress became more provocative.

3. How did Antoinette react when Louis fell into a deep depression about France's continued upheaval?
(a) She hired doctors from all over Europe to cure him.
(b) She took over as lead politician in France.
(c) She ignored him completely.
(d) She refused him access to their children.

4. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Yolande de Polignac
(c) Count Axel Fersen.
(d) Joseph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marie Antoinette's father's name?

2. Which of his relatives was Louis XVI closest to?

3. Which of the Antoinette's family members was most angered by Antoinette's behavior during the first few years of her marriage?

4. How many years into Antoinette's marriage did it take for her to produce a male heir to the throne?

5. What was Prince Luis de Rohan well known for at the time of Antoinette's arrival in France?

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