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1. In 1789, an angry crowd led by women marched to Versaille. What did they demand?
Clothing
Marie Antoinette's head
Money
Bread
2. What was Marie Antoinette's name at birth?
Mary Ann
Maria Antonia
Marietta de la Anton
Marie Antoinette
3. At her trial, what was Marie Antoinette accused of?
Treason
Adultery
Sexually abusing her son
All of the above
4. When Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI tried to flee house arrest, in which city were they caught?
Varennes
Paris
London
St. Tropez
5. The piece of diamond jewelry at the center of the Diamond Necklace Affair contained how many karats?
2842
10
6000
None; it was a fake
6. Which one of Marie Antoinette's closest friends was tortured and beheaded by the Parisian mob?
Princesse de Lamballe
Madame Elizabeth
Madame du Barry
Comtesse de Lamotte
7. When Marie Antoinette and her husband could not consummate their marriage, what did Marie Antoinette’s mother do?
Required that the couple speak with their priest
Sent Marie Antoinette's brother to counsel them
Sent the couple traditional Austrian aphrodisiacs
Scheduled a full medical examination for Marie Antoinette
8. How did tabloid pamphlets in France portray Marie Antoinette?
As a kind and benevolent queen
As a steely matriarch, like her mother
As an extravagant, adulterous, and perverted ignoramus
As a political mastermind
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Published September 13, 2006
