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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 did the King spend his days doing at the Tuileries?

2. Who petitioned the Assembly to depose of King Louis?

3. What did the royal have to travel back to Paris to do each Sunday?

4. How does King Louis show his support for the new government?

5. What do the Parisians mob in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the National Assembly?

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

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

5. What problems occur in this section?

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

7. What was life like in Paris in 1790?

8. What is life like for Antoinette and her family in chapter twenty three?

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

10. Why is Mirabeau important to the king?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Marie Antoinette's upbringing. What kind of character did Antoinette's parents try to instill in her? In what way did she go against her upbringing? What effect did this have on her life and popularity with the public?

Essay Topic 2

Why was Necker so popular with the French public? What effect did his resignation have on the French revolution? What would have happened if he had stayed as finance minister?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the court at Versailles. How different were the people lives in Versailles from other parts of France? Why did they need so much money? How did their lifestyles contribute to their downfall?

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