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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Antoinette stop doing after Joseph's visit?
(a) Taking drugs.
(b) Going about to Paris.
(c) Continuing with her lovers.
(d) Reading books.

3. Who does Joseph call empty-headed?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Du Barry.
(c) Louis.
(d) Antoinette.

4. What is the name of the palace Louis and Antoinette move to?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Roulette.
(c) Royale.
(d) Bastille.

5. What is Necker's position in the court?
(a) Jester.
(b) Finance minister.
(c) Chief advisor.
(d) Head servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mostly sent Antoinette letters in her early years in France?

2. Why were court officials usually in debt?

3. What is Turgot's position in the court?

4. What is the name of the King Louis XVI's primary adviser?

5. What kind of person is usually appointed as the palace page?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems do Antoinette and Louis have at the beginning of chapter twelve?

2. What effect did Joseph's visit have on Antoinette?

3. How does Emperor Francis react to the news his wife is in labor?

4. Describe one of the King Louis XVI's less desirable behaviors.

5. What was Marie Antoinette taught before she married Louis?

6. What did Antoinette initially think of her marriage to Louis?

7. What rumors were spread by Antoinette and her marriage to the King?

8. How does Erickson describe Louis?

9. What major problem is highlighted in this section?

10. What problems did Jacques Necker cause?

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