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

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

3. How did France react to the birth of Antoinette's first child?
(a) They were disappointed.
(b) They were outraged.
(c) They were confused.
(d) They were ecstatic.

4. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Smallpox.

5. Whom did Antoinette most want to honor in the naming of her first-born daughter?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) Her in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was Isabella of Parma originally from?

2. Which of the following names was NOT one of Marie Antoinette's middle names upon birth?

3. What country was Louis XVI from?

4. How old was Antoinette when she became betrothed to Louis XVI?

5. How old was Marie Antoinette when there were the first signs of political upheaval in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the French court's first impression of the new royal couple, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?

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

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