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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) She was slapped across the face.
(d) The midwife threw cold water on her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Antoinette when her mother died?

2. To which of the following European countries did Austria belong to at the time of Antoinette's birth?

3. What role did Antoinette give Princesse de Lamballe in her household?

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

5. How did Isabella of Parma die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Marie Antoinette find most ridiculous about her new life in court?

2. What problems arose when Marie Antoinette began choosing friends for herself within the court?

3. Why wasn't Marie Antoinette permitted to bring any of her belongings into France with her?

4. Why did Teresa worry about Antoinette's possible success as an heiress in France?

5. What happened when a young boy was nearly run over by Marie Antoinette's coach?

6. What reason did Louis XVI reportedly give to Marie Antoinette's brother, Joseph, as to why he and his wife had not yet consummated their marriage?

7. How did Teresa react when she heard that after a year, Marie Antoinette's marriage still had not been consummated?

8. What controversial move did Marie Antoinette make regarding her friends' position in court?

9. What changes did Louis XVI make to the rules of child birth in the palace after Marie Antoinette gave birth to their first child?

10. What happened when Marie Antoinette's sister-in-law gives birth to a son?

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