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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 is the name of the man who emerged as the leader of the most popular faction of the National Assembly?

2. What is celebrated across France in this section?

3. Who do the King and Queen think could still save them?

4. What do the Parisians mob in this section?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What problems are France having in this section?

3. Why is Mirabeau important to the king?

4. What was the National Assembly?

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

6. What was life like in Paris in 1790?

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

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

9. How was the climate of the court changing?

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

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

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 3

Compare Marie Antoinette's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the person she is at the end.

1. What did Antoinette hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes her ideas about life?

3. How has Antoinette's character changed by the end of the book?

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