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

2. In which city did Antoinette spend her last days on Austrian soil?
(a) Wolfsberg.
(b) Vienna
(c) Graz.
(d) Schuttern.

3. Where was Count Axel Fersen sent for his military duty?
(a) To Japan.
(b) To America.
(c) To Germany.
(d) To Russia.

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

5. 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) Gambling.
(d) Womanizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following personality traits was NOT one Antoinette was taught to exude at all times by her mother?

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

3. How did Maria Teresa react to the news of her husband's death?

4. What title did Marie Antoinette father hold?

5. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did music infiltrate and affect Marie Antoinette's childhood?

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

4. How did Antoinette's father, Stephen, die?

5. What type of relationship did Antoinette have with her older siblings while she was growing up?

6. What problems soon began to arise with Marie Antoinette's spending habits after she arose to the throne?

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

8. How did Marie Antoinette prefer to spend her time rather than trying to produce a French heir?

9. What was Louis XVI's reaction to the public outcry when Marie Antoinette still failed to produce an heir to the throne?

10. Who acted as Marie Antoinette's "foster family" during her childhood?

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