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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. How did the crown greet Antoinette and Louis in Paris?

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

3. Which of his sisters does the King especially want Antoinette to keep away from?

4. What did Maria and her husband dress their daughters in?

5. Where did the villagers dump their garbage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Erickson describe Louis?

4. Who was Madame du Barry?

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

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

7. Who was Count Mercy?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the financial situation in France. What was the financial situation in France in the 1780s? Why did people blame the royal family during this time? In what way could it be said that neither Marie Antoinette nor her husband did anything to help the situation?

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

How did the French public react to Marie Antoinette when she first arrived in France? Why did public opinion turn against Marie Antoinette? How can Marie Antoinette win back back the French public?

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