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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Parisians protest in this section?
(a) The price of bread.
(b) Antoinette's speding.
(c) The economic reforms.
(d) The price of milk.

2. What does Marie and her husband dress their boys in?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) Peasant clothing.
(c) Velvet coats.
(d) Silk gowns.

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

4. How does Erickson say Artois treated his brother in public?
(a) Jokingly.
(b) Shyly.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) Derisively.

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

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

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

8. What does Antoinette persuade the King to do at the beginning of chapter twelve?
(a) To buy her a new palace.
(b) To go to war with England.
(c) To get a operation to help him perform sexually.
(d) To banish Artois from Paris.

9. 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.

10. What is Necker's position in the court?
(a) Chief advisor.
(b) Head servant.
(c) Jester.
(d) Finance minister.

11. What was the title given to the heir of the French throne?
(a) Delfin.
(b) Dauphin.
(c) Prince in waiting.
(d) First Baron.

12. What is the following activities is Louis interested in?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

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

14. What was the name of the Austrian envoy to France?
(a) Count Fredrich.
(b) Minister Johnson.
(c) Minister Blamer.
(d) Count Mercy.

15. What is the one thing Erickson says King Louis XV had an understanding of?
(a) Biology.
(b) Foreign affairs.
(c) The economy.
(d) Chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who mostly sent Antoinette letters in her early years in France?

3. Who did Antoinette like making fun of in private?

4. What does the King celebrate in this section?

5. Who did the Austrian envoy to France have to report to?

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