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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 was the name of the palace the royal family visited during the week?

2. What would the King spend his days doing at Fountainebleu?

3. What does Erickson say swept France after the storming of Bastille?

4. Which of the following were a political club formed in Paris around 1790?

5. What was the first stages Antoinette took to prepare for their escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Antoinette try to protect herself from attack?

4. How was the climate of the court changing?

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

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

7. What goes wrong with the plan?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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