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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Dauphine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Antoinette feel about the king's consort's presence in court?
(a) She was unaware of her.
(b) She despised her.
(c) She ignored her.
(d) She welcomed her.

2. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?
(a) Children.
(b) Girls her own age.
(c) No one, she preferred to be alone.
(d) The elderly.

3. To whom did Antoinette's father cling to before he unexpectedly died, almost as if he had a presentiment of his death?
(a) Antoinette.
(b) Isabella of Parma.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Marie Teresa.

4. What country was Isabella of Parma originally from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older was Caroline than Marie Antoinette?

2. Whose penmanship was better when Louis and Antoinette signed their marriage contract?

3. Which of the following females does NOT recover from the smallpox outbreak when Antoinette was a young girl?

4. Which of her children did Maria Teresa share a birthday with?

5. Which of the following activities most interested Antoinette when she was a small child?

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