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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. What was the purpose of the attack on the castle which forced many nobles to flee their home?
(a) To search for food.
(b) To assassinate the king.
(c) To steal Antoinette's jewels.
(d) To kidnap the dauphin.

2. Who was Antoinette's second son given to immediately after his birth?
(a) The king.
(b) The governess.
(c) The lady-in-waiting.
(d) The queen.

3. Who was the only member of the family that held out hope that the young dauphin would survive his childhood?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Antoinette.
(c) Marie Therese.
(d) Louis.

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

5. Which of the following adjectives was NOT used to describe Antoinette's behavior during her execution?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Audacious.
(d) Insolent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people claimed that Antoinette had been "the model of queens and of women"?

2. In the entire span of his exile, how long did Louis XVI spend outside of the towers?

3. During what season of the year was Louis XVI executed?

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. Which of the following royal family members was completely omitted from the new constitution when it was written during their exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Antoinette nicknamed "Madame Excess"?

2. Why didn't Marie Antoinette ever escape life in exile when she was given the opportunity?

3. What crime was Antoinette convicted of during her trial?

4. Where did the royal family go on their first vacation outside of their imprisonment?

5. What was Antoinette's initial reaction to the news that she and her family would be relocated to Tuilieres?

6. How did Louis Charles adjust to life in exile?

7. How did the young dauphin die?

8. Why didn't Antoinette want to purchase the elaborate diamond necklace brought to her by the jewelry hawker?

9. What political conflict continued between the two major political parties after Louis XVI's execution?

10. Why was Marie Antoinette's trial and execution considered to be a historic event?

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