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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Throughout her life, which of the following friends was Antoinette never accused of having an inappropriate relationship with?
(a) Princesse de Lamballe.
(b) Yolande de Polignac.
(c) Count Axel Fersen.
(d) Count Mercy.

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

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

9. In what year did Antoinette meet Count Axe Ferson?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1764.
(d) 1754.

10. Which of the following famous artists visited Antoinette during her first pregnancy with the hopes of earning her patronage?
(a) Leonardo Di Vinci.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Vincent Van Gogh.
(d) Mozart.

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

12. Which of the following female names was NOT included in the name of Antoinette's first-born daughter?
(a) Christine.
(b) Marie.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Teresa.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?

2. Which of his relatives was Louis XVI closest to?

3. Which of Antoinette's new siblings-in-law was closest in age to her?

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

5. According to popular rumors of the time, what was the true definition of the parties Antoinette privately hosted in the palace?

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