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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. Who offers the King and his family help in escaping Paris in this section?
(a) The Austrians.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Mirabeau.
(d) Axel Fersen.

2. Where does Axel say he can help the King escape to?
(a) Russia.
(b) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) Demark.

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

4. What member of the procession which met at the church of Notre Dame was met with silence?
(a) Necker.
(b) Feren.
(c) The King.
(d) Antoinette.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What attracts Antoinette to Axel?

4. What was Antoinette trying to urge her husband to do at the beginning of chapter twenty two?

5. Who were members of the first estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Antoinette and her family plan to escape the Tuileries?

2. Why is Mirabeau's death a huge blow for the King?

3. What is life like for Antoinette and her family in chapter twenty three?

4. How did the crowds react to the king calling in the military?

5. Why do the Jacobins call for Louis's execution?

6. How do things start to get worse for Antoinette at the end of this section?

7. Why does Louis insist on staying with his family?

8. How was the assembly made up?

9. Why is Mirabeau important to the king?

10. How do the crowds react to seeing Antoinette and her family at the end of this section?

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