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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 Marie Antoinette do for exercise?
(a) Jogging.
(b) Horse riding.
(c) Walking.
(d) Hunting.

2. Where did the villagers dump their garbage?
(a) In palace grounds.
(b) In the river Seine.
(c) In the palace halls.
(d) In the lakes.

3. What kind of person is usually appointed as the palace page?
(a) A nobleman's son.
(b) A foreign member of royalty.
(c) A tradesman's son.
(d) A writer's son.

4. What does Joseph despise about being a member of the royal family?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Etiquette.
(c) Structure.
(d) Speeches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maria Theresa think her daughter was endangering by her behavior?

2. Why did Antoinette struggle to learn the French language perfectly?

3. What do Parisians protest in this section?

4. What does Antoinette drink everyday at the advice of her mother?

5. How does Erickson say Antoinette put the thought of becoming queen out of her mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did Jacques Necker cause?

2. How does Erikson depict Louis XV's reign?

3. Why were the French courtiers a target for fraudsters?

4. How did Louis and Antoinette react to their new found power?

5. What was special about Venice during the 1760s?

6. Why was Antoinette singled out for her lavish lifestyle?

7. What was Marie's new routine as queen?

8. What does Erickson say was the reality of the French court?

9. Why did the King call Mercy to his office in this section?

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

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