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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. Who did Antoinette persuade to take over the position of finance minister?

2. Who offers the King and his family help in escaping Paris in this section?

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

4. What condition did the dauphin suffer from?

5. What stopped the transport of grain into Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the King, Antoinette and Necker all act in the assembly?

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

3. What was life like in Paris in 1790?

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

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

6. What problems are France having in this section?

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

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

9. How do Antoinette get caught?

10. Why does Antoinette want to get away from Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the political tension between Austria and France.

1. What were the problems between Austria and France and how did they develop?

2. How was the marriage between Antoinette and Louis designed to temper the tension between the two countries?

3. What was the relationship between France and Austria after Antoinette's death?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the effects of the following people's deaths.

1. Marie Antoinette.

2. King Louis XV.

3. Marie Theresa.

4. Mirabeau.

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