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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Antoinette's family members hoped to see Antoinette exert German power in France immediately upon taking the trhone?
(a) Leopold.
(b) Josepeh.
(c) Maria Teresa.
(d) Caroline.

2. To whom did Antoinette's father cling to before he unexpectedly died, almost as if he had a presentiment of his death?
(a) Marie Teresa.
(b) Leopold.
(c) Isabella of Parma.
(d) Antoinette.

3. What number in the birth order was Marie Antoinette?
(a) Nineteenth.
(b) Sixteenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Eleventh.

4. How long did Antoinette wait before consummating her marriage to Louis XVI?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six months.

5. What was the name of Marie Antoinette's wet nurse?
(a) Hope.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Constance.
(d) Grace.

6. 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.

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

8. 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 husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brothers.

9. Where was Carolina living at the time when Antoinette left home to join her new husband?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Naples.

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

11. What illness kept Antoinette away from her newborn baby just weeks after it was born?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Influenza.

12. Which of the following women accused Antoinette of having inappropriately lewd relationships with her female friends?
(a) Isabella of Parma.
(b) Princess de Lamballe.
(c) Contesse de Noailles.
(d) Abbe de Vermond

13. What title did Marie Antoinette father hold?
(a) Duke.
(b) Emperor.
(c) King.
(d) He held no title.

14. How did the country of France first receive Antoinette when she rose to the throne.
(a) They ignored her.
(b) They despised her.
(c) They were confused.
(d) They adored her.

15. Which of the following people did NOT have a problem with the king's consort's presence in court?
(a) The ladies-in-waiting.
(b) Antoinette.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Louis XV.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?

2. Why was Antoinette secretly glad that her first born child was a girl?

3. Which of the following names was NOT one of Marie Antoinette's middle names upon birth?

4. Which of the following vices did Antoinette fall into during the time she was not interested in producing an heir?

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

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