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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 title of Artois's wife?

2. What illness did Isabella die of?

3. What does the King celebrate in this section?

4. Who did the Austrian envoy to France have to report to?

5. Why does Joseph decide he will marry Josepha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Madame Antoinette a constant cause of frustration for her governess Madame de Noailles?

2. How does Erickson describe Louis?

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

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

5. What major problem is highlighted in this section?

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

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

8. Who was Madame du Barry?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Louis' upbringing mold him into the person he became? How did the bullying he suffered at the hands of his siblings effect him? How did his upbringing contribute to the decisions he makes in the book and his eventual downfall?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Examine the following people and how their leadership contributed to the political situation at the end of the book.

1. King Louis XV.

2. Marie Theresa.

3. King Louis XV.

4. Emperor Francis.

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