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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 would the King spend his days doing at Fountainebleu?

2. Why does Antoinette start wearing especially thick undergarments?

3. Who else moves to Paris in this section?

4. What was Lomenie de Brienne's position in the court?

5. Who are converging in Paris for a meeting in chapter nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antoinette work to improve the political situation in this section?

2. How was the climate of the court changing?

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

4. What part of the plan to escape does Antoinette initiate in this section?

5. How do Antoinette get caught?

6. What problems occur in this section?

7. How does France celebrate the one year anniversary of the Bastille invasion?

8. Describe the scandal with Cardinal Rohan?

9. What problems was Marie Antoinette's son suffering from?

10. What problems does the King cause in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences between novel and biography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an biography? What can novelists express that an biographer cannot? How can biographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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