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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. Whose penmanship was better when Louis and Antoinette signed their marriage contract?
(a) Neither child know how to sign their own names.
(b) Both Louis and Antoinette had equally beautiful penmanship.
(c) Louis'.
(d) Antoinette's.

2. What was the name of Antoinette's foster brother, who was raised alongside her by the wet nurse?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Louis.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Leopold.

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

4. Which of Antoinette's family members accused her of having "lost her bloom" at the tender age of fifteen?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

5. Where was Antoinette's father when he died?
(a) Innsbruck.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number in the birth order was Marie Antoinette?

2. What country was Count Axe Ferson from?

3. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?

4. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?

5. In what year did Antoinette meet Count Axe Ferson?

(see the answer key)

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