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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the King tell Mercy he wants Antoinette to stop doing?
(a) Eating with her servants.
(b) Sleeping with her servants.
(c) Snubbing du Barry.
(d) Keeping dogs.

2. What did people take as a sign that Antoinette was not ready to be queen?
(a) She was having an affair with two of her servants.
(b) She was always partying in Paris.
(c) She continued to spend as if she did not know the meaning of money.
(d) She did not curb some of Louis's less desirable behaviors.

3. What was Madame de Noailles position at the court?
(a) Antoinette's governess.
(b) The King's official mistress.
(c) Antoinette's cleaner.
(d) The Lady in Waiting.

4. What would someone hold for the queen as she walked to mass?
(a) Her bible.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) Her handbag.

5. What illness did Isabella die of?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Measles.
(c) Small pox.
(d) The plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did his courtiers think was hurrying King Louis XV to his grave?

2. Who did the French public start saying that Antoinette was having an affair with?

3. What was Hume's opinion of Versailles?

4. What does Joseph despise about being a member of the royal family?

5. What is Necker's position in the court?

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