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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the fortress the royal family were imprisoned in?
(a) The Yard.
(b) The Pauper.
(c) The Temple.
(d) The Duvet.

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

4. What did the Parisians do to Antoinette's servants in this section?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Toture them.
(c) Banish them.
(d) Kill them.

5. What important person dies at the end of this section?
(a) Bastille.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Mirabeau.
(d) Necker.

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

7. What were the royal family leaving to celebrate when the mob attacked their carriage?
(a) New Years.
(b) The King's birthday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

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

9. Who did Austria form an alliance with?
(a) Britain.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Holland.

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

11. What was Antoinette trying to urge her husband to do at the beginning of chapter twenty two?
(a) Reinstate Necker.
(b) Stay in Paris.
(c) Leave Paris.
(d) Ask the British for help.

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

13. Who were the new local governments modeling themselves after?
(a) The London government.
(b) The Paris government.
(c) The Austrian government.
(d) The Prussian government.

14. Who petitioned the Assembly to depose of King Louis?
(a) The military.
(b) The Jacobins.
(c) The People's Party.
(d) The National Guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Jacobins named after?

2. What was the first stages Antoinette took to prepare for their escape?

3. What did the Parisian do whenever Antoinette came into sight?

4. How did the Parisians react to the King's attempted escape?

5. What does Erickson say swept France after the storming of Bastille?

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