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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Marie Antoinette's father's name?
(a) Stephen Joseph.
(b) Francis Stephen.
(c) Joseph Leopold.
(d) Leopold Francis.

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

4. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?
(a) Princesse de Lamballe.
(b) Isabella of Parma.
(c) Abbe de Vermond
(d) Contesse de Noailles.

5. Which of the following names was NOT one of Marie Antoinette's middle names upon birth?
(a) Terese.
(b) Antoine.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Josepha.

6. Which of the following famous musicians reportedly asked for Antoinette's hand in marriage?
(a) Bethoven.
(b) Bach.
(c) Pachebel.
(d) Mozart.

7. Which of Antoinette's family members accused her of having "lost her bloom" at the tender age of fifteen?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

8. Who put Antoinette and Louis to bed on their first married night together?
(a) Louis' grandmother.
(b) Louis' mother.
(c) Louis' father.
(d) Louis' grandfather.

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

10. Which of Antoinette's new siblings-in-law was closest in age to her?
(a) Louis Xavier.
(b) Clothilde.
(c) Charles Artois.
(d) Elisabeth.

11. What country was Louis XVI from?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following females does NOT recover from the smallpox outbreak when Antoinette was a young girl?
(a) Maria Teresa.
(b) Josepha.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Caroline

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Antoinette's father when he died?

2. Throughout his life, who did Joseph claim was his favorite sister?

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

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

5. Where was Carolina living at the time when Antoinette left home to join her new husband?

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