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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Maria Theresa's favorite son?

2. Why couldn't Elizabeth marry?

3. What kind of garden does Antoinette have at the Petit Trianon?

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

5. What is the title of Artois's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Erickson describe Louis?

2. What did Joseph think about the French court?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Antoinette's life change dramatically in this section?

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

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

10. What does Maria Theresa want the servants to discuss with their children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1780s.

In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

How does the book express the changes France was going through at the time?

Does modern society share any values with 1780s France?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Marie Antoinette's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the person she is at the end.

1. What did Antoinette hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes her ideas about life?

3. How has Antoinette's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the decline in Marie Antoinette's popularity. How did the French public first receive Marie Antoinette? Why did public opinion turn against Marie Antoinette? What do you think Marie Antoinette could have done to change public opinion in her favor?

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