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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. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?
(a) Count Axel Fersen.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Yolande de Polignac

2. How old was Antoinette when she became betrothed to Louis XVI?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

3. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?
(a) No one, she preferred to be alone.
(b) Girls her own age.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Antoinette wait before consummating her marriage to Louis XVI?

2. Which of the following vices did Antoinette fall into during the time she was not interested in producing an heir?

3. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette when she was in the room with a foreign ambassador?

4. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?

5. Which of the following females does NOT recover from the smallpox outbreak when Antoinette was a young girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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