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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 she would be allowed to raise the child herself.
(d) Because girls were easier to raise than boys.

3. During what month of the year did Antoinette and Louis rise to the throne in France?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) February.

4. Which of the following adjectives did Joseph use to describe Antoinette when he first came to visit her after her marriage to Louis XVI?
(a) Kind.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Cold.

5. Why didn't King Louis XVI flee with the rest of the nobles during the attack on the palace.
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) He didn't realize the full danger he was in.
(c) He didn't want to be known as a fugitive king.
(d) He thought he could regain the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Antoinette's beloved pet pug?

2. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?

3. Which of Antoinette's siblings was "overcome with joy" at the news of the dauphin's birth?

4. How many years into Antoinette's marriage did it take for her to produce a male heir to the throne?

5. Which of the following fashion trends was popular when Antoinette arrived in the French court?

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