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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 vices did Antoinette fall into during the time she was not interested in producing an heir?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Biting her nails.
(d) Gambling.

2. To which of the following objects did Marie Teresa compare her children?
(a) Stars in the sky.
(b) Pieces of a puzzle.
(c) Flowers in bloom.
(d) Pawns on a chessboard.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives did Joseph use to describe Antoinette when he first came to visit her after her marriage to Louis XVI?

2. How did Antoinette respond the first time Louis questioned whether or not she loved him.

3. What title did Marie Antoinette father hold?

4. How old was Antoinette when her mother died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Teresa show her motherly concern for Antoinette before shipping her off to strangers in France?

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

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

4. What was the court's reaction to the birth of Marie Antoinette's first child?

5. What parts of being a member of the French court did Marie Antoinette find particularly uncomfortable?

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

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

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

9. What was Marie Antoinette's first impression of the king's consort?

10. As an adult living in France, how did Antoinette reflect back on her childhood?

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