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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 episode with Calome, leading to his resignation, say about the King's position within society?

2. What was Antoinette trying to urge her husband to do at the beginning of chapter twenty two?

3. Who is in very bad health at the beginning of chapter twenty?

4. Who is it said were more eager to go to war with France than Austria in 1792?

5. Why were the assembly so disappointed in Necker?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Antoinette get caught?

2. How is the political situation changing at the beginning of chapter twenty eight?

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

4. What was the National Assembly?

5. Why is Mirabeau's death a huge blow for the King?

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

7. Why do the Jacobins call for Louis's execution?

8. How was the climate of the court changing?

9. How do the crowds react to seeing Antoinette and her family at the end of this section?

10. How was the assembly made up?

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

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 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?

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