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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose penmanship was better when Louis and Antoinette signed their marriage contract?
(a) Neither child know how to sign their own names.
(b) Both Louis and Antoinette had equally beautiful penmanship.
(c) Louis'.
(d) Antoinette's.

2. How much older was Caroline than Marie Antoinette?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Two years.

3. Which of Antoinette's brothers regularly came to visit Antoinette in France?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Joseph.

4. Who suggested that Antoinette take a lover to ensure that she produce an heir to the throne?
(a) Count Axel Fersen.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Louis.
(d) Max.

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

6. Which of her children did Maria Teresa share a birthday with?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Marie Christine.
(d) Leopold.

7. Which of his relatives was Louis XVI closest to?
(a) His uncles.
(b) His parents.
(c) His grandparents.
(d) His aunts.

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

9. How did Antoinette's father die?
(a) From smallpox.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From yellow fever.
(d) From a stroke.

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

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

12. In what year did Antoinette get her first period?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1760.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1790.

13. What was Prince Luis de Rohan well known for at the time of Antoinette's arrival in France?
(a) Womanizing.
(b) Gossiping.
(c) All of these answers are true.
(d) Gambling.

14. Which of the following countries was Maria Teresa queen of through bloodlines?
(a) Romania.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

15. How old was Antoinette when her mother died?
(a) 28.
(b) 24.
(c) 32.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Louis XVI when Antoinette first met him?

2. Which of Antoinette's family members hoped to see Antoinette exert German power in France immediately upon taking the trhone?

3. Which country's quest for independence did France become embroiled in during the first decade of Antoinette's rule?

4. Who did Louis XVI banish from court in one of his first moves as king?

5. Which color dress was Antoinette famous for frequently wearing?

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