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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the family so delayed?
(a) Antoinette was sick.
(b) The King had to see some people on the way.
(c) They were stopped five times.
(d) The carriage was overloaded.

2. Which other country in Europe had a constitutional monarchy?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) Holland.

3. What is the name of the old Parisian fortress the protesters storm?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Conciergerie.
(c) Boullion.
(d) Bastille.

4. What is crushing the dauphin's internal organs?
(a) His ribs.
(b) His spine.
(c) His breast plates.
(d) His hips.

5. What do the French people find to incriminate Louis?
(a) Books.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Letters.

6. What is the name of the palace in Paris Louis and his family move into?
(a) The Tuileries.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Versailles.

7. For which estate does the King choose the members?
(a) The first estate.
(b) The third estate.
(c) The general estate.
(d) The second estate.

8. What was King Louis referred to as once he had been stripped of his title?
(a) Louis Capet.
(b) Louie Windsor.
(c) Louis Krebs.
(d) Jean Paul Louis.

9. Why did Antoinette think Jacques should be reinstated as finance minister?
(a) He would stop the public from rioting.
(b) He would force the reforms wanted by the King.
(c) He would gain the support of the parliament and international financiers.
(d) He would give the King and Queen time to escape the country.

10. What did the mob hurl at Antoinette and her family?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Spears.
(d) Books.

11. Who were the first group to call for Louis' execution?
(a) The Jacobins.
(b) The Elizabetheans.
(c) The Petersens.
(d) The Tudors.

12. What did the mob do with the captured soldiers?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Imprisoned them.
(c) Whipped them.
(d) Tortured them.

13. Who did the King pledge his support to at the Bastille celebrations?
(a) The Catholic church.
(b) The Jacobins.
(c) The French Parliament.
(d) The National Assembly

14. Who were the only people the murderous mob spared when they invaded the Tuileries?
(a) The King, his family and the women of the court.
(b) People who had an influence in politics.
(c) The servants.
(d) The mothers and their children.

15. What stopped the transport of grain into Paris?
(a) The tropical rains.
(b) The Paris riots.
(c) The freezing over of the river Seine.
(d) The tropical winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jeanne convince Rohan the queen wanted delivered?

2. Who are waiting at a town to help the royal family?

3. Who helps the royal family sneak out of the Tuileries in this section?

4. Who helped Antoinette reinstate Necker?

5. Who did Antoinette persuade to take over the position of finance minister?

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