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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do members of the royal family and noblemen want to escape France?
(a) They fear they will be forced into a life of depravity.
(b) They fear they will lose their positions.
(c) They fear they will be imprisoned.
(d) They fear the French citizens will kill them.

2. Who were members of the first estate?
(a) The clergy.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Courtiers.
(d) Property holders.

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

4. Who were the royal children placed with?
(a) Antoinette.
(b) The Jacobins.
(c) Count Mercy.
(d) Louis.

5. Why didn't Antoinette want King Louis XVI to meet the Parisian municipal government in Paris?
(a) She feared they would imprison him.
(b) She feared he would run away.
(c) She feared they would execute him.
(d) She feared they would talk him out of his proposals.

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

7. What plots are uncovered in this section?
(a) Plots to execute the King.
(b) Plots to imprison the royal family.
(c) Plots to kill Antoinette.
(d) Plots to blow up parliament.

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

10. Who helped Antoinette reinstate Necker?
(a) Yolande.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Louise.
(d) Erickson.

11. What condition did the dauphin suffer from?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) A deformed spine.
(c) Dyslexia.
(d) A misformed head.

12. Why does Antoinette start wearing especially thick undergarments?
(a) To help withstand attacks with knives.
(b) To conceal weapons.
(c) To keep warm.
(d) To make out she was pregnant.

13. Why does Louis refuse to escape with Axel?
(a) He wants to face the people.
(b) He doesn't like Axel.
(c) He won't leave his family behind.
(d) He has accepted his fate.

14. How did the crowd react to the King's oath at the Bastille celebrations?
(a) They bowed their heads.
(b) They jeered him.
(c) They threw things at him.
(d) They cheered wildly.

15. What do the third estate leave the Estates General to form?
(a) The National Assembly.
(b) The French Nationalist party.
(c) The National Liberals.
(d) The Paris Parliament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality did the King decide to pretend to be if they were going to escape Paris?

2. What is crushing the dauphin's internal organs?

3. What would the King spend his days doing at Fountainebleu?

4. Where does Axel say he can help the King escape to?

5. Where did Jean's husband take the diamond to sell?

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