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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Typhoid.

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

3. Why was Antoinette secretly glad that her first born child was a girl?
(a) Because she hoped a daughter would get her sent back to Austria.
(b) Because she did not want to produce an heir.
(c) Because girls were easier to raise than boys.
(d) Because she would be allowed to raise the child herself.

4. To which of the following European countries did Austria belong to at the time of Antoinette's birth?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

5. How did Maria Teresa react to the news of her husband's death?
(a) She was apathetic.
(b) She was amused.
(c) She was relieved.
(d) She was devastated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marie Antoinette when there were the first signs of political upheaval in Europe?

2. Which of Antoinette's brothers stood in as her by-proxy husband during the first wedding ceremony?

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

4. How did Antoinette feel about the king's consort's presence in court?

5. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?

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