Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution . Quiz Questions | PBS

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Quiz Questions 1. What infamous quote has been wrongfully attributed to Marie Antoinette? Peasants aren't people! Live and let die. Let them eat cake. Poverty bores me. 2. What were Marie Antoinette’s last words before she was beheaded? Sir, I am not guilty. (She screamed this as she tried to get away). I am proud to die for my beloved France. I am sorry; I did not mean to do it. (An apology for stepping on the executioner's foot). Shame on you, you vile criminals. 3. As a child, Marie Antoinette learned how to play: The trumpet The harpsichord Poker The violin 4. Louis XVI was a solitary person. What was he passionate about? Billiards Hunting Politics Opium 5. In June 1791, the Royal Family tried to escape from Paris, but was captured and arrested. Who helped arrange the escape? The Abbe Sieyes, whose pamphlet sparked the Revolution Axel von Fersen, a Swedish Statesman rumored to be the Queen's lover Charles IV, the King of Spain Marquis de La Fayette, a hero in the American Revolution 6. As a young queen, how did Marie Antoinette wear her hair? In traditional Austrian braids In a severe bun Piled three feet high Shaved to the scalp and covered with a bonnet 7. What did Marie Antoinette do at Petit Trianon? Milked cows and tended sheep Fished Gathered flowers All of the above 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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