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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 do the third estate leave the Estates General to form?

2. Who were the first group to call for Louis' execution?

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

4. What was the name of the fortress the royal family were imprisoned in?

5. What is crushing the dauphin's internal organs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goes wrong with the plan?

2. Why is Mirabeau important to the king?

3. Describe the scandal with Cardinal Rohan?

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

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

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

7. How was the assembly made up?

8. What was life like in Paris in 1790?

9. What problems occur in this section?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the French public react to Marie Antoinette when she first arrived in France? Why did public opinion turn against Marie Antoinette? How can Marie Antoinette win back back the French public?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the financial situation in France. What was the financial situation in France in the 1780s? Why did people blame the royal family during this time? In what way could it be said that neither Marie Antoinette nor her husband did anything to help the situation?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following historical figures in Erickson's book and discuss how Erickson represents them in the story and why she represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against her representation of that person's life?

1. Maria Theresa.

2. King Louis XV.

3. Count Mercer.

4. Madame Barry.

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