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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the courtiers and the public often use the halls for?
(a) Sword fights.
(b) A drinking area.
(c) Ball games.
(d) A bathroom.

2. What did Marie Antoinette spend her mornings doing?
(a) Giving speeches to schools.
(b) Greeting courtiers and ministers.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Attending meetings.

3. What of the following words does Erickson use to describe the young Louis?
(a) Self-conscious.
(b) Brave.
(c) Coarse.
(d) Supple.

4. What did his courtiers think was hurrying King Louis XV to his grave?
(a) His high blood pressure.
(b) His anger.
(c) His lavish lifestyle.
(d) His smoking.

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

6. In which country did Antoinette marry Louis?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Hungary.

7. What did Antoinette keep as pets?
(a) Cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mice.

8. Who did Antoinette like making fun of in private?
(a) The manual laborers.
(b) Her governess.
(c) The courtiers over thirty.
(d) King XVI.

9. What did the King's mistress formerly do for a living?
(a) An athlete.
(b) A writer.
(c) A chef.
(d) A prostitute.

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

11. Why couldn't Elizabeth marry?
(a) She was too virtuous.
(b) She was too immature.
(c) She was too ugly.
(d) She was too ill.

12. What was the name of King Louis XV's mistress?
(a) Madame de Lotto.
(b) Madame Theresa.
(c) Madame Antoinette.
(d) Madame du Barry.

13. Where did the protesters march to?
(a) Bastille.
(b) Marseille.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Paris.

14. Who visits Antoinette in this section?
(a) Count Falkenstein.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Her father.
(d) Marie Theresa.

15. What kind of person is usually appointed as the palace page?
(a) A writer's son.
(b) A tradesman's son.
(c) A foreign member of royalty.
(d) A nobleman's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the crown greet Antoinette and Louis in Paris?

2. What did Antoinette stop doing after Joseph's visit?

3. What is the following activities is Louis interested in?

4. What did Maria and her husband dress their daughters in?

5. What was the name of the Austrian envoy to France?

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