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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the Antoinette's family members was most angered by Antoinette's behavior during the first few years of her marriage?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

2. Who did Louis XVI banish from court in one of his first moves as king?
(a) The king's consort.
(b) All peasants.
(c) His mother.
(d) Count Axe Ferson.

3. How did Louis XVI react when he heard that his first born child was a girl?
(a) He was apathetic.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was annoyed.
(d) He was pleased.

4. How old was Marie Antoinette when there were the first signs of political upheaval in Europe?
(a) Four years old.
(b) Six months old.
(c) Two years old.
(d) One year old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Antoinette get her first period?

2. How did Antoinette's father die?

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

4. Who put Antoinette and Louis to bed on their first married night together?

5. How did France react to the birth of Antoinette's first child?

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