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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the episode with Calome, leading to his resignation, say about the King's position within society?
(a) He was ridiculed.
(b) He was utterly hated.
(c) He was the verge of being assassinated.
(d) He was virtually powerless.

2. What did the pamphlets passed around court say about Antoinette?
(a) Her supposed indecencies.
(b) She was a spy.
(c) She spoke badly about everyone.
(d) She was a great queen.

3. What did the King buy Antoinette for a gift?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A palace.
(c) A ruby ring.
(d) A horse.

4. What kind of garden does Antoinette have at the Petit Trianon?
(a) Maltese style.
(b) English style.
(c) Babylonian style.
(d) Baroque style.

5. What condition did the dauphin suffer from?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) A deformed spine.
(c) A misformed head.
(d) Dyslexia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marie Antoinette like to wear her hair?

2. What did Marie Antoinette spend her mornings doing?

3. What two countries did it look likely France would go to war with?

4. Where did Jean's husband take the diamond to sell?

5. What did the King spend his days doing at the Tuileries?

(see the answer key)

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