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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 activities most interested Antoinette when she was a small child?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

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

3. Which of Marie Antoinette's brothers married Isabella of Parma?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Leopold.

4. What is the name of the spy Maria Teresa sent to court to keep notes on Antoinette?
(a) Count Mercy.
(b) Count Hope.
(c) Count Black.
(d) Count France.

5. What role did Antoinette give Princesse de Lamballe in her household?
(a) Superintendent.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Lady-in-waiting.
(d) Governess.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month of the year did Antoinette and Louis rise to the throne in France?

2. Which of the following female names was NOT included in the name of Antoinette's first-born daughter?

3. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?

4. What did the French people think when they saw Antoinette dance for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first change Louis XVI made in the French court after being appointed as the king?

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

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

4. What was the reaction from the children when Marie Antoinette took the French throne?

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

6. What was Maria Teresa's royal title at the time of Marie Antoinette's birth?

7. What effect did the outbreak of smallpox have on Teresa's plans for her family?

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

9. 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?

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

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