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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were court officials usually in debt?
(a) They did not know the meaning of money.
(b) The King charged them for working for him,
(c) They had to pay huge taxes.
(d) They had to maintain their lavish lifestyles.

3. What country does Joseph co-rule with his mother?
(a) Bohemia.
(b) Moravia.
(c) Austria.
(d) Prussia.

4. Why were French courtiers so vulnerable to fraudsters?
(a) They were always looking to go behind the king's back.
(b) They were always hanging around court.
(c) They were always looking for ways to increase their power.
(d) They were always looking to marry

5. What is the title of Artois's wife?
(a) Duchess.
(b) Comtesse.
(c) Princess.
(d) Lady.

6. Why did Antoinette need a dentist?
(a) To mold false teeth.
(b) To file back her teeth.
(c) To show her how to protect her teeth.
(d) To remove a bad tooth.

7. Why is Joseph so critical of the French court?
(a) It is too cheap.
(b) It is too extravagent.
(c) It is anti-religious.
(d) It has no soul.

8. 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 did not curb some of Louis's less desirable behaviors.
(c) She was always partying in Paris.
(d) She continued to spend as if she did not know the meaning of money.

9. What is the name of the palace Louis and Antoinette move to?
(a) Royale.
(b) Bastille.
(c) Roulette.
(d) Versailles.

10. Why did Maurepas manufacture a rift with Austria?
(a) To stop Austria borrowing money.
(b) To encourage Austria to pay back the money they owed.
(c) To start a war with Austria.
(d) So France would not have to come to Austria's aid.

11. How did de Gnemenee finance his lavish lifestyle?
(a) He borrowed.
(b) He pawned jewelry.
(c) He stole.
(d) He found a second job.

12. What do tourists notice the most about Venice?
(a) It is clean.
(b) It is smelly.
(c) It has no foreigners.
(d) It is multicultural.

13. What is the name of Maria Theresa's favorite son?
(a) Karl.
(b) Joseph.
(c) David.
(d) Frank.

14. What impresses Axel about Antoinette?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her fashion sense.
(d) Her lack of pretense.

15. What stone does Antoinette develop a passion for in chapter twelve?
(a) Rubies.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Emeralds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Isabella die of?

2. How is Artois related to King Louis XVI?

3. What did Antoinette have to attend everyday with the King?

4. What country was Marie's dentist from?

5. Which of his sisters does the King especially want Antoinette to keep away from?

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