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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. Throughout her life, which of the following friends was Antoinette never accused of having an inappropriate relationship with?
(a) Count Mercy.
(b) Count Axel Fersen.
(c) Yolande de Polignac.
(d) Princesse de Lamballe.

2. In which city was Antoinette handed over to her new husband?
(a) Picardy.
(b) Compiegne.
(c) Deauville.
(d) Strausbourg.

3. Which color dress was Antoinette famous for frequently wearing?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

4. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette's brother Max's visit to Versailles in 1775?
(a) Unexpected.
(b) Embarrassing.
(c) Violent.
(d) Enlightening.

5. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?
(a) Abbe de Vermond
(b) Princesse de Lamballe.
(c) Isabella of Parma.
(d) Contesse de Noailles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children did Maria Teresa share a birthday with?

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

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

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

5. In which city did Antoinette spend her last days on Austrian soil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was expected of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during their first night as a married couple?

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

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

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

5. How did the King, Louis XV, die?

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

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

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

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

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

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