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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) Yolande de Polignac.
(b) Princesse de Lamballe.
(c) Count Mercy.
(d) Count Axel Fersen.

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

3. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

5. What country was Isabella of Parma originally from?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did Antoinette's father cling to before he unexpectedly died, almost as if he had a presentiment of his death?

3. Which of Antoinette's family members accused her of having "lost her bloom" at the tender age of fifteen?

4. Which of Antoinette's brothers regularly came to visit Antoinette in France?

5. How many years into Antoinette's marriage did it take for her to produce a male heir to the throne?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Teresa worry about Antoinette's possible success as an heiress in France?

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

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

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