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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is in very bad health at the beginning of chapter twenty?
(a) The dauphin.
(b) The dauphin.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) King Louis XI.

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

4. Who were members of the third estate?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Property holders.
(c) Courtiers.
(d) Clergymen.

5. Why did the King storm out of the Paris parliament?
(a) They criticized the French court.
(b) They spoke rudely about Antoinette.
(c) They refused to answer his questions.
(d) They threw things at him.

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

7. Why do Antoinette and her family only initially travel with two escorts?
(a) They are the only two escorts they trust.
(b) They are the only two escorts available.
(c) So as not to raise suspicion.
(d) They don't have the money to hire anymore.

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

9. What did Mirabeau want to create that would include the royal family?
(a) A constitutional monarcy.
(b) A French commonwealth.
(c) A democracy.
(d) A fascist state.

10. What is celebrated across France in this section?
(a) The arrest of the King.
(b) The defeat of the British.
(c) The invasion of Bastille.
(d) French independence.

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

12. Who else moves to Paris in this section?
(a) The British royal family.
(b) The Parliament.
(c) The Second Estate.
(d) The National Assembly.

13. What would the King spend his days doing at Fountainebleu?
(a) Talking to his advisors.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Studying.
(d) Horseriding.

14. What nationality did the King decide to pretend to be if they were going to escape Paris?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) English.

15. What did the episode with Calome, leading to his resignation, say about the King's position within society?
(a) He was the verge of being assassinated.
(b) He was utterly hated.
(c) He was virtually powerless.
(d) He was ridiculed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erickson say Antoinette was probably worried about during the assembly?

2. What do the French people find to incriminate Louis?

3. Why do members of the royal family and noblemen want to escape France?

4. What is the name of the man who emerged as the leader of the most popular faction of the National Assembly?

5. What did the pamphlets passed around court say about Antoinette?

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