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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Antoinette's personal advisor who delivered the news of Teresa's death?
(a) Dermond.
(b) Vermond.
(c) Hermond.
(d) Fermond.

2. Which of the following courts was limited only to nobles?
(a) Austrian court.
(b) French court.
(c) English court.
(d) Russian court.

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

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

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

6. How was Antoinette revived when she fainted during the birth of her first child?
(a) She was given smelling salts.
(b) The windows were thrown open.
(c) The midwife threw cold water on her.
(d) She was slapped across the face.

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

8. What was the name of Antoinette's beloved pet pug?
(a) Pops.
(b) Mops.
(c) Hops.
(d) Drops.

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

10. 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) Cold.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Kind.

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

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

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

14. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

15. How did Antoinette react to the news that she was officially queen of France?
(a) She burst out laughing.
(b) She fell to her knees in prayer.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She began to sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fabric did Antoinette favor in her dress?

2. What was the name of Antoinette's foster brother, who was raised alongside her by the wet nurse?

3. How old was Marie Antoinette when there were the first signs of political upheaval in Europe?

4. What country was Louis XVI from?

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

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