Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Quiz
Saint Germain des Prés
  • 1. Where is the École des Beaux-Arts located?
A) 14 rue Bonaparte
B) 6 rue de Furstenberg
C) rue de Rennes
D) 13 rue des Beaux-Arts
  • 2. Which of these artists was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Georges Seurat
B) Eugène Delacroix
C) Gustave Moreau
D) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
  • 3. Where did Eugène Delacroix live from 1857 to 1863?
A) rue Jacob
B) 13 rue des Beaux-Arts
C) 14 rue Bonaparte
D) 6 rue de Furstenberg
  • 4. Who was the Prefect of the Seine responsible for the 1860s public works?
A) Georges-Eugène Haussmann
B) Richard Wagner
C) Jacques Garcia
D) Napoleon III
  • 5. Why did Haussmann decide not to turn the rue des Ecoles into a major boulevard?
A) The neighborhood residents protested
B) The slope was too steep
C) The project was too expensive
D) He preferred the location of the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • 6. When was the boulevard Saint-Germain finally completed?
A) 1889
B) 1900
C) 1871
D) 1860
  • 7. Which street connects the Montparnasse railroad station to the Seine?
A) rue des Ecoles
B) rue Bonaparte
C) rue des Beaux-Arts
D) rue de Rennes
  • 8. Where did Richard Wagner live for several months?
A) rue de Furstenberg
B) rue de Rennes
C) rue Bonaparte
D) rue Jacob
  • 9. At which hotel did Oscar Wilde spend his final days?
A) Hotel d'Alsace
B) L'Hotel
C) The Beaux-Arts Hotel
D) The Bonaparte Hotel
  • 10. When did Oscar Wilde die?
A) 13 November 1900
B) 30 November 1909
C) 30 November 1899
D) 30 November 1900
  • 11. Where was Oscar Wilde reburied in 1909?
A) A cemetery outside the city
B) Near the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
C) Pere Lachaise
D) Montparnasse Cemetery
  • 12. What is the current name of the hotel where Oscar Wilde died?
A) Hotel Saint-Germain
B) Hotel Bonaparte
C) Hotel d'Alsace
D) L'Hotel
  • 13. Who redecorated the hotel where Oscar Wilde died?
A) Richard Wagner
B) Jacques Garcia
C) Georges-Eugène Haussmann
D) Napoleon III
  • 14. Which of these architects graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Mary Cassatt
B) Edgar Degas
C) Pierre Bonnard
D) Charles Garnier
  • 15. The École des Beaux-Arts was built on the site of which former institution?
A) The Hotel d'Alsace
B) The monastery of the Petits-Augustins
C) The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
D) The Montparnasse railroad station
  • 16. On what date was the Treaty of Paris signed?
A) 3 September 1783
B) 2 September 1792
C) 14 July 1789
D) 4 July 1776
  • 17. Which of these individuals was part of the American delegation for the Treaty of Paris?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Marquis de Lafayette
C) John Jay
D) George Washington
  • 18. Why was the commemorative painting of the Treaty of Paris never finished?
A) The American delegation left early
B) The French government banned it
C) British delegates refused to pose
D) Benjamin West died suddenly
  • 19. What made Saint-Germain-des-Prés a center of revolutionary activity after 1789?
A) The proximity to the sea
B) The military barracks
C) Its numerous printers and publishers
D) The presence of the King's court
  • 20. What kind of materials did the printers in the Cordeliers Section produce?
A) Religious hymnals
B) Pamphlets, newspapers, and proclamations
C) Scientific textbooks
D) Royal decrees
  • 21. Who was the Swiss physician who lived in the Cordeliers Section?
A) Georges Danton
B) Camille Desmoulins
C) Jean-Paul Marat
D) Arthur Young
  • 22. What caused the explosion that wrecked a large part of the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) A revolutionary riot
B) A structural fire
C) A gunpowder storeroom
D) An artillery bombardment
  • 23. Who converted the Petits-Augustins monastery into a depot for art treasures?
A) Benjamin West
B) Georges Danton
C) Alexandre Lenoir
D) Arthur Young
  • 24. Where were the king and queen moved to for safety from the Tuileries Palace?
A) The Cordeliers Convent
B) The Louvre
C) Knights Templar towers
D) The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • 25. What weapons were used by the bands of criminals sent to the prisons in September 1792?
A) Cannons and grenades
B) Muskets and bayonets
C) Pikes and axes
D) Swords and pistols
  • 26. What did Arthur Young note about the streets outside the prisons in September 1792?
A) They were covered in protest leaflets
B) They were deserted and quiet
C) They were filled with celebratory crowds
D) They ran red with blood
  • 27. In what year did the Comédie-Française move to the rue des Fossés des Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) 1673
B) 1797
C) 1689
D) 1770
  • 28. Where was the first café in Paris established in 1672?
A) Saint-Germain Fair
B) Rue Mazarine
C) Tuileries Palace
D) Rue de Buci
  • 29. What was the name of the Armenian who served the first coffee at the Saint-Germain Fair?
A) Maliban
B) Pascal
C) Grigoire
D) Procopio
  • 30. Who renamed the café on rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain to 'Procope'?
A) Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli
B) Maliban
C) Pascal
D) Grigoire
  • 31. Which famous work is said to have been planned at the Café Procope?
A) The Encyclopédie
B) The History of the Abbey
C) The Memoirs of Margaret of Valois
D) The Comédie-Française Plays
  • 32. Besides the Café Procope, where else did Diderot and d'Alembert plan their work?
A) The Odéon Theatre
B) The Tuileries Palace
C) The Institut de France
D) Café Landelle
  • 33. Where did the Comédie-Française move in 1797?
A) Rue de Buci
B) The Tuileries Palace
C) The modern Odéon Theatre
D) The rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie
  • 34. In which arrondissement of Paris is the quarter of Saint-Germain-des-Prés located?
A) 6th
B) 5th
C) 7th
D) 4th
  • 35. What is the name for the residents of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter?
A) Existentialistes
B) Germanopratins
C) Lutéciens
D) Parisiens
  • 36. Which river forms the northern border of Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) River Loire
B) River Seine
C) River Marne
D) River Rhône
  • 37. Which intellectual movement was centered in Saint-Germain-des-Prés during the 1940s and 1950s?
A) Surrealism
B) Existentialism
C) Romanticism
D) Impressionism
  • 38. What does the name 'prés' in Saint-Germain-des-Prés refer to?
A) Priests
B) Fields
C) Prisons
D) Palaces
  • 39. Who founded the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th century?
A) Childebert I
B) Charlemagne
C) Clovis I
D) Philip Augustus
  • 40. What relic was gifted to Childebert I by the bishop of Zaragoza?
A) Saint Vincent's stole
B) A crown of thorns
C) The Holy Cross
D) The remains of Germain
  • 41. Which group plundered and set fire to the monastery in the ninth century?
A) The Visigoths
B) The Huns
C) The Normans
D) The Romans
  • 42. Who rededicated the Abbey church in 1163?
A) Pope Innocent II
B) Germain of Paris
C) Pope Alexander III
D) Childebert I
  • 43. Which French king built the first recorded walls around Paris, leaving Saint-Germain-des-Prés outside?
A) Childebert I
B) Philip Augustus
C) Louis XIV
D) Clovis I
  • 44. Which dynasty of kings used the Abbey church as their burial place?
A) Carolingian
B) Capetian
C) Merovingian
D) Bourbon
  • 45. What was the Saint-Germain fair's status during the Middle Ages?
A) A military fortress
B) An important marketplace
C) A maritime port
D) A royal palace
  • 46. In what year was the Foire Saint-Germain already famous?
A) 1482
B) 1512
C) 1176
D) 1762
  • 47. What portion of profits did the fair allocate to the King in 1176?
A) One third
B) One quarter
C) Half
D) All of the profits
  • 48. When did the fair begin to open on 1 October?
A) 1762
B) 1176
C) 1482
D) 1486
  • 49. How many days did the fair last when it began on 1 October 1482?
A) Three weeks
B) Eight days
C) Fifteen days
D) Two months
  • 50. How many stalls were at the fair in 1483?
A) 200
B) 516
C) 100
D) 340
  • 51. In what year were special buildings erected containing 516 stalls?
A) 1486
B) 1512
C) 1483
D) 1762
  • 52. Which group was known to invade the fair and cause riots?
A) Peasant farmers
B) The King's guards
C) Disgruntled merchants
D) Rowdy students
  • 53. When did the fair buildings burn down?
A) 1 October 1482
B) 2 February 1512
C) 15 April 1789
D) 17–18 March 1762
  • 54. What was the population of the 6th arrondissement in 1921?
A) 47,942
B) 19,200
C) 83,963
D) 101,584
  • 55. What percentage of residences had indoor toilets in the postwar years?
A) 19 percent
B) 23 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 42 percent
  • 56. What percentage of residences had their own showers or baths in the postwar years?
A) 42 percent
B) 18 percent
C) 23 percent
D) 10 percent
  • 57. By 1990, what was the population of the 6th arrondissement?
A) 47,942
B) 83,963
C) 55,000
D) 101,584
  • 58. What percentage of the population did workers represent in the quarter in 1954?
A) 18.1 percent
B) 23 percent
C) 42 percent
D) 19.2 percent
  • 59. Which group frequently visited the Café de Flore and the Café Carrefour?
A) Communist politicians
B) American soldiers
C) The gay community
D) Factory workers
  • 60. What kind of political organization had an important bureau in the quarter?
A) The Liberal Party
B) The Royalist Party
C) The French Communist Party
D) The Socialist Party
  • 61. What was the population of the 6th arrondissement after the 1921 count?
A) 47,942
B) 83,963
C) 101,584
D) 60,000
  • 62. Which jazz club was the first to open in 1945?
A) Caveau des Lorientais
B) Le Tabou
C) Rose Rouge
D) Le Vieux-Columbier
  • 63. Which musical style was introduced by Claude Luter and his band at the Caveau des Lorientais?
A) Classical jazz
B) Bebop
C) New Orleans Jazz
D) Rock and roll
  • 64. Which of these was NOT listed as one of the clubs that followed the Caveau des Lorientais?
A) Salle Pleyel
B) Le Tabou
C) Le Vieux-Columbier
D) Rose Rouge
  • 65. Who was a prominent trumpeter mentioned in the text?
A) Henri Salvador
B) Boris Vian
C) André Rewellotty
D) Claude Luter
  • 66. Which singer is mentioned as a performer in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés jazz scene?
A) Mezz Mezzrow
B) Sidney Bechet
C) Juliette Gréco
D) Boris Vian
  • 67. Who controlled access to the jazz clubs?
A) University professors
B) Doormen
C) Local police
D) The musicians
  • 68. In what year did Sidney Bechet headline at the Olympia music hall?
A) 1955
B) 1960
C) 1949
D) 1945
  • 69. Where was the literary life of Paris centered after World War II?
A) The Marais
B) Saint-Germain-des-Prés
C) The Latin Quarter
D) Montmartre
  • 70. Which politician did Jean-Paul Sartre admire after breaking with the Communist Party?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) Fidel Castro
  • 71. Which Paris Métro station serves the area?
A) Mabillon
B) Louvre-Rivoli
C) Châtelet
D) Bastille
  • 72. What led to many publishers moving out of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area by 2009?
A) Lack of space
B) Gentrifying real estate values
C) A decline in tourism
D) Strict government regulations
  • 73. Which Egyptian writer lived in a hotel in the district during the later part of his life?
A) Albert Cossery
B) Alaa Al Aswany
C) Nagui Mahfouz
D) Taha Hussein
  • 74. Why is Saint-Germain-des-Prés considered less fashionable as a residential address today?
A) Lack of public transportation
B) Increased popularity among tourists
C) High crime rates
D) Lack of cultural institutions
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