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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. Before Antoinette's trial, how many queens had historically been executed?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Many.
(d) Two.

2. How old was the young dauphin when he was taken into prison?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

3. Who purchased the piece of elaborate and expensive jewelry on Antoinette behalf, even after she claimed that she didn't want it?
(a) It was unknown who purchased the jewelry.
(b) Princesse de Lamballe.
(c) The King.
(d) Count Fersen.

4. How many years after Antoinette's execution did Fersen die?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty.

5. What type of prisoners were held in "The Conciergerie"?
(a) Religous prisoners.
(b) Youth prisoners.
(c) Political prisoners.
(d) Violent prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from execution, what was the other possible sentence for Antoinette's crimes?

2. Whose daughter would later become the next queen of France?

3. Which of Antoinette's brothers refuses to help when he hears that Antoinette and her family are in exile?

4. During the upheaval in France, which country begged to have France come to their aid during battle, but the French government had to refuse?

5. How old was the young dauphin when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Antoinette's final request to her children in the days before her execution?

2. Why was Antoinette nicknamed "Madame Excess"?

3. What was the reaction from the people when Louis XVI was executed?

4. How did the introduction of the new constitution change life for Louis XVI and his family?

5. What was the reaction from the public when they heard that Louis XVI had returned to the throne?

6. How did the young dauphin die?

7. What evidence was brought against Antoinette during her trial?

8. How did Sophie die?

9. Why was a cardinal arrested soon after the birth of Antoinette's second son?

10. How did the public react to Antoinette's execution?

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