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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of people did Antoinette's sisters marry?
(a) Beautiful commoners.
(b) Unattractive nobleman.
(c) Paupers.
(d) Fun loving soldiers.

4. 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 maintain their lavish lifestyles.
(d) They had to pay huge taxes.

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

6. Why does Joseph decide he will marry Josepha?
(a) She is intelligent.
(b) She has fine breasts.
(c) She is a good socializer.
(d) She is funny.

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

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

9. Who did the French public start saying that Antoinette was having an affair with?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Axel.
(c) Artois.
(d) Mercy.

10. Who mostly sent Antoinette letters in her early years in France?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

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

12. What country is Axel Fersen from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Sweden.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Marie Theresa's favorite daughter?

2. What does Antoinette persuade the King to do at the beginning of chapter twelve?

3. Who visits Antoinette in this section?

4. In which country did Antoinette marry Louis?

5. Which famous philosopher does Erickson quote in chapter eleven?

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