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

2. Who put Antoinette and Louis to bed on their first married night together?
(a) Louis' grandmother.
(b) Louis' mother.
(c) Louis' father.
(d) Louis' grandfather.

3. Which of the following countries was Maria Teresa queen of through bloodlines?
(a) Hungary.
(b) France.
(c) Austria.
(d) Romania.

4. What illness kept Antoinette away from her newborn baby just weeks after it was born?
(a) Measles.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Smallpox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?

2. How was Antoinette revived when she fainted during the birth of her first child?

3. Which of the Antoinette's family members was most angered by Antoinette's behavior during the first few years of her marriage?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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