Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Quiz
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
  • 1. What did Rev. Hermann Korth publish in 1948 regarding the shoot-down hypothesis?
A) A biography of Saint-Exupéry
B) A set of official German military records
C) War logs
D) A personal memoir
  • 2. On what date did Korth claim a Fw 190 shot down a P-38 Lightning?
A) 16 August 1944
B) 31 July 1944
C) 1 August 1944
D) 30 July 1944
  • 3. Whose P-38 might have been the one Korth described, according to skeptics?
A) Horst Rippert
B) Ivan Rebroff
C) Robert Heichele
D) Gene Meredith
  • 4. Which magazine quoted a letter from Robert Heichele in 1972?
A) The Bundesarchiv Review
B) Der Landser
C) La Provence
D) The Luftwaffe Gazette
  • 5. What aircraft variant did Heichele claim to fly that caused skepticism due to it not being in service?
A) Fw 190 A-8
B) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9
C) P-38 Lightning
D) Messerschmitt Bf 109
  • 6. What is the name of the German military archive mentioned in the text?
A) Luftwaffe Historical Center
B) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv
C) German Air Force Archives
D) Berlin War Records
  • 7. When did Robert Heichele die?
A) 2008
B) 21 August 1944
C) 31 July 1944
D) 16 August 1944
  • 8. Which newspaper did the French journalist work for in 2008?
A) Le Monde
B) Der Landser
C) Le Figaro
D) La Provence
  • 9. Who was the older brother of Horst Rippert?
A) Hermann Korth
B) Gene Meredith
C) Ivan Rebroff
D) Robert Heichele
  • 10. What was Ivan Rebroff's birth name?
A) Horst Rippert
B) Robert Heichele
C) Hans-Rolf Rippert
D) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • 11. In what year did Horst Rippert become certain he was responsible for Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) 1972
B) 2003
C) 2008
D) 1944
  • 12. How long did Horst Rippert keep his claim private before revealing it?
A) 84 years
B) 64 years
C) 44 years
D) 24 years
  • 13. Where was Saint-Exupéry's wreckage discovered?
A) South of Marseille
B) South of Nice
C) In Berlin
D) Near Cannes
  • 14. What is the current status regarding the cause of Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) It was confirmed to be Robert Heichele
B) It remains unknown
C) It was confirmed to be Horst Rippert
D) It was confirmed to be Hermann Korth
  • 15. What documentation exists to verify Rippert's claim of reporting the kill over his radio?
A) Allied intercepts
B) Luftwaffe radio transcripts
C) No surviving records
D) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv logs
  • 16. Which political regime unilaterally promoted Saint-Exupéry as one of its members?
A) German Occupation
B) Third Republic
C) French Resistance
D) Vichy Regime
  • 17. Which French leader made a statement implying Saint-Exupéry supported Germany?
A) Philippe Pétain
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) François Mitterrand
D) Georges Clemenceau
  • 18. What substance did Saint-Exupéry consume heavily due to depression?
A) Opium
B) Tobacco
C) Alcohol
D) Caffeine
  • 19. What was the specific goal of Saint-Exupéry's final reconnaissance mission?
A) Collecting intelligence on German troop movements
B) Dropping supplies to the resistance
C) Mapping the coastline of Corsica
D) Escorting a bomber squadron
  • 20. What type of aircraft was Saint-Exupéry flying during his final mission?
A) Supermarine Spitfire
B) Messerschmitt Bf 109
C) Lockheed Lightning
D) P-51 Mustang
  • 21. How many missions was Saint-Exupéry originally provisioned to fly after his reinstatement?
A) Five
B) Twenty
C) Nine
D) Ten
  • 22. What item was found by a fisherman in 1998?
A) A navigator's watch
B) A pilot's helmet
C) An identity bracelet
D) A flight logbook
  • 23. In what year did divers find the wreckage of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning?
A) 2004
B) 2003
C) 1998
D) 2000
  • 24. Where was the aircraft wreckage eventually housed after its recovery?
A) Louvre Museum
B) The French National Archives
C) The Corsican Air Museum
D) Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
  • 25. What was the reaction of Saint-Exupéry to the promotion by the Vichy Regime?
A) Shock and dismay
B) Pride and gratitude
C) Amusement
D) Indifference
  • 26. Where did the final mission take off from?
A) North Africa
B) Corsica
C) Le Bourget
D) Marseille
  • 27. What official body confirmed the wreckage was from Saint-Exupéry's aircraft in 2004?
A) The Vichy Historical Society
B) French Underwater Archaeological Department
C) The International Aviation Board
D) The French Ministry of Defense
  • 28. In what year did Saint-Exupéry depart for Algiers?
A) 1941
B) 1943
C) 1939
D) 1945
  • 29. How long had Saint-Exupéry spent in North America before leaving for Algiers?
A) 36 months
B) 27 months
C) 18 months
D) 12 months
  • 30. What was Saint-Exupéry's age when he departed for Algiers?
A) 43
B) 40
C) 48
D) 38
  • 31. Who approved the exemption allowing Saint-Exupéry to fly despite his age?
A) General Dwight Eisenhower
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) General Ira Eaker
D) General George Patton
  • 32. What physical limitation made checking for enemy aircraft difficult for Saint-Exupéry?
A) He had poor eyesight
B) He had a permanent limp
C) He suffered from tremors
D) He could not turn his head leftwards
  • 33. What model of aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly in his assigned unit?
A) P-38 Lightnings
B) B-17 Flying Fortresses
C) P-51 Mustangs
D) Spitfires
  • 34. How long was Saint-Exupéry's training period before his first mission?
A) Two weeks
B) One month
C) Six months
D) Seven weeks
  • 35. Why was Saint-Exupéry grounded for eight months?
A) He wrecked a P-38 due to engine failure
B) He was injured in combat
C) He failed his physical examination
D) He refused to follow orders
  • 36. Who intervened to reinstate Saint-Exupéry to flight duty?
A) His squadron commander
B) General Ira Eaker
C) General Dwight Eisenhower
D) The President of France
  • 37. What did Saint-Exupéry carry with him on his long solitary flights?
A) A radio transmitter
B) A camera
C) A navigation map
D) A lined notebook
  • 38. Why did Saint-Exupéry circle the airport for an hour after a flight?
A) To avoid landing in bad weather
B) To finish writing a report
C) To conserve fuel
D) To finish reading a novel
  • 39. Which aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly for the Groupe de reconnaissance II/33 after the 1940 German invasion?
A) S.S. Siboney
B) Bevin House
C) P. L. Travers
D) Bloch MB.174
  • 40. Where did Saint-Exupéry stay in Portugal before fleeing to the United States?
A) Hotel Astor
B) Asharoken
C) Beekman Place
D) Hotel Palácio
  • 41. What book series was The Little Prince intended to compete with?
A) Mary Poppins
B) Kingdom of the Rocks
C) Wind, Sand and Stars
D) Flight to Arras
  • 42. When was the manuscript for The Little Prince completed?
A) April 1943
B) October 1942
C) Late spring 1942
D) January 1941
  • 43. In which US village was part of The Little Prince written?
A) Estoril
B) Oppède
C) Manhattan
D) Asharoken
  • 44. What was the name of the ship Saint-Exupéry took to New York?
A) Bloch MB.174
B) The Bevin
C) The Armée de l'Air
D) S.S. Siboney
  • 45. What is the most famous work written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
A) The Little Prince
B) Southern Mail
C) Night Flight
D) Wind, Sand and Stars
  • 46. In which city was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born?
A) Lyon
B) Toulouse
C) Marseille
D) Paris
  • 47. When did Saint-Exupéry first learn to fly?
A) 1926
B) 1929
C) 1935
D) 1921
  • 48. Which company did Saint-Exupéry join in 1926?
A) Latécoère
B) Air France
C) Lufthansa
D) Aeroposta Argentina
  • 49. Where did Saint-Exupéry live in exile between 1941 and 1943?
A) Argentina
B) Morocco
C) United States
D) Switzerland
  • 50. What was the cause of death of Saint-Exupéry's father?
A) A stroke
B) Rheumatic fever
C) A heart attack
D) A plane crash
  • 51. What did Saint-Exupéry study at the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Aviation engineering
B) Literature
C) Fine arts
D) Architecture
  • 52. Where did Saint-Exupéry receive his pilot's wings?
A) Casablanca, Morocco
B) Toulouse, France
C) Lyon, France
D) Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 53. In which city did Saint-Exupéry live while running Aeroposta Argentina?
A) Buenos Aires
B) Dakar
C) Lyon
D) Cape Juby
  • 54. Which of his siblings died of rheumatic fever?
A) Louise
B) Jean
C) Marie
D) François
  • 55. What does the surname Saint-Exupéry reference?
A) A 5th-century bishop
B) The town of his birth
C) An ancient French mountain
D) A famous poet
  • 56. How did the death of his father change the family's social status?
A) They moved to Switzerland permanently
B) They gained wealth through inheritance
C) They lost their aristocratic title entirely
D) They became impoverished aristocrats
  • 57. What was the title of Saint-Exupéry's first novella?
A) The Little Prince
B) Night Flight
C) L'Aviateur
D) Courrier Sud
  • 58. In which magazine was L'Aviateur first published?
A) Prix Femina
B) The Silver Mail
C) Le Navire d'Argent
D) Aeroposta
  • 59. In what year was the book Courrier Sud published?
A) 1943
B) 1931
C) 1929
D) 1926
  • 60. Which mail route did Courrier Sud chronicle?
A) Argentina-Chile
B) Casablanca-Dakar
C) New York-North Africa
D) Paris-London
  • 61. What award did Night Flight win?
A) Nobel Prize
B) Prix Femina
C) Pulitzer
D) Goncourt
  • 62. What was the name of the airline Saint-Exupéry directed?
A) Air France
B) Casablanca Mail
C) Aeroposta Argentina
D) Silver Ship Airways
  • 63. Who did Saint-Exupéry marry in 1931?
A) Pierre Chevrier
B) Consuelo Suncin
C) Hélène de Vogüé
D) Madame de B.
  • 64. What was Consuelo Suncin's nationality?
A) Argentinian
B) Salvadoran
C) American
D) French
  • 65. What did Saint-Exupéry describe Consuelo as having?
A) A calm personality
B) A love for flying
C) A silent nature
D) A viper's tongue
  • 66. What pseudonym did Hélène de Vogüé use to write her biography of Saint-Exupéry?
A) Consuelo Suncin
B) Madame de B.
C) Nelly
D) Pierre Chevrier
  • 67. What was Hélène de Vogüé's role after Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) Director of Aeroposta
B) Literary executrix
C) Editor of L'Aviateur
D) Wife
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