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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. Why didn't King Louis XVI flee with the rest of the nobles during the attack on the palace.
(a) He thought he could regain the throne.
(b) All of the answers are true.
(c) He didn't want to be known as a fugitive king.
(d) He didn't realize the full danger he was in.

2. How many of Louis' aunts made the escape from exile?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. How did Antoinette react when Louis fell into a deep depression about France's continued upheaval?
(a) She hired doctors from all over Europe to cure him.
(b) She refused him access to their children.
(c) She ignored him completely.
(d) She took over as lead politician in France.

4. How did Antoinette's appearance change during the years when she was in exile?
(a) Her hair turned white.
(b) Her teeth fell out.
(c) She lost weight.
(d) Her fingernails turned yellow and then brown.

5. Which of the following people claimed that Antoinette had been "the model of queens and of women"?
(a) Fersen.
(b) The pope.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Marie Therese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the young dauphin die?

2. Who purchased the piece of elaborate and expensive jewelry on Antoinette behalf, even after she claimed that she didn't want it?

3. What did the screaming mobs who frequently attacked the castle, demand?

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

5. How did Antoinette's appearance change in the year 1785?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Sophie die?

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

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

6. According to Antoinette, which of her family members was in the most danger at the time of their imprisonment?

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

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

9. How did the world react to the birth of the new dauphin, Louis Joseph?

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

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