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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of the attack on the castle which forced many nobles to flee their home?
(a) To steal Antoinette's jewels.
(b) To assassinate the king.
(c) To kidnap the dauphin.
(d) To search for food.

2. Who purchased the piece of elaborate and expensive jewelry on Antoinette behalf, even after she claimed that she didn't want it?
(a) Princesse de Lamballe.
(b) The King.
(c) It was unknown who purchased the jewelry.
(d) Count Fersen.

3. Which of Antoinette's brothers stood in as her by-proxy husband during the first wedding ceremony?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Ferdinand.

4. Whose advice did Louis XVI rely on for political guidance upon taking over the French throne?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His grandmother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His aunts'.

5. Who did Antoinette regularly write letters to during the upheaval in France?
(a) Count Mercy.
(b) Her sister, Elizabeth.
(c) Her brother, Joseph.
(d) Princesse de Lamballe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was Louis XVI from?

2. How long did Antoinette wait before consummating her marriage to Louis XVI?

3. What fabric did Antoinette favor in her dress?

4. To which of the following objects did Marie Teresa compare her children?

5. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette when she was in the room with a foreign ambassador?

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