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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness claimed King Louis XV's life?

2. What was Marie Antoinette's father's name?

3. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?

4. Whom did Antoinette nickname "Madame Etiquette"?

5. How did Maria Teresa react to the news of her husband's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. As an adult living in France, how did Antoinette reflect back on her childhood?

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

3. What was Marie Antoinette's first impression of the king's consort?

4. What problems arose when Marie Antoinette began choosing friends for herself within the court?

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

6. What was Louis XVI's reaction to the public outcry when Marie Antoinette still failed to produce an heir to the throne?

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

8. How did Teresa show her motherly concern for Antoinette before shipping her off to strangers in France?

9. What was Maria Teresa's royal title at the time of Marie Antoinette's birth?

10. What happened when Marie Antoinette's sister-in-law gives birth to a son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is noted in the text that the French who decide that Antoinette was to be executed held her in disregard at least partly because of their attitudes toward women in general. First, describe how women were generally treated during this time in French history. Then, compare / contrast the role of women during the French revolution with their treatment by society. Finally, explain whether or not you believe Antoinette's trial and execution would have been different had she been a man. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

All throughout her rule, Antoinette was plagued with rumors of infidelity, and even rumors that some of her children were not fathered by the king himself, but by her various lovers. First, choose at least two of the relationships in Antoinette's life that were rumored to be sexual, or adulterous. Then, explain whether or not you believe these rumors to be true. Then, describe Louis' reaction to these rumors, particularly in regards to the way he treated the children in question. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Upon arriving to France, Marie Antoinette was stripped of anything Austrian and forced to adopt the fashion and customs of the French. First, describe the transition Marie Antoinette was forced to undergo in the attempt to ingratiate her into the Parisian courts. Then, describe Marie Antoinette's reaction to this transition - did it make her love or loathe France? Finally, describe the way the French court reacted when they first met Marie Antoinette. What was their reaction to the Austrian girl who would later become their queen? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

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