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  • 1. In which French region is the Dijon campus located?
A) Normandy
B) Lorraine
C) French Riviera
D) Burgundy
  • 2. In what year was the Dijon campus created?
A) 2005
B) 2001
C) 2007
D) 2000
  • 3. What type of building houses the Dijon campus?
A) An 18th-century heritage site
B) A modern glass building
C) A medieval fortress
D) A 19th-century building
  • 4. What is the regional specialisation of the Dijon campus?
A) The European Union, specifically Central and Eastern Europe
B) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
C) French-German relations
D) The Euro-Asian Programme
  • 5. In which language is the regional specialisation taught at the Dijon campus?
A) Russian
B) English
C) German
D) French
  • 6. Which of the following is an elective language offered at the Dijon campus?
A) Arabic
B) Chinese
C) Japanese
D) Hungarian
  • 7. Which of these languages is offered as an elective at Dijon?
A) Polish
B) Korean
C) Swedish
D) Turkish
  • 8. Which Central-Eastern European language is an elective option at Dijon?
A) Spanish
B) Hebrew
C) Italian
D) Romanian
  • 9. Is Russian offered as an elective language at the Dijon campus?
A) Only as a core language
B) Yes
C) Only for graduate students
D) No
  • 10. Which Slavic language, other than Russian and Polish, is offered as an elective at Dijon?
A) Croatian
B) Slovak
C) Serbian
D) Czech
  • 11. On the coast of which French region is Le Havre located?
A) Burgundy
B) Normandy
C) French Riviera
D) Lorraine
  • 12. Which undergraduate programme has Le Havre hosted since 2007?
A) French-German relations Programme
B) Euro-Asian Programme
C) Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Programme
D) Central and Eastern European Programme
  • 13. In which language is the Euro-Asian Programme at Le Havre taught?
A) English
B) German
C) Chinese
D) French
  • 14. Which elective languages are offered at the Le Havre campus?
A) German, Italian and Spanish
B) Hungarian, Polish and Czech
C) Arabic, Turkish and Persian
D) Chinese, Japanese and Korean
  • 15. What special language courses are available at Le Havre for students without a B1-equivalent level?
A) French as a Foreign Language
B) English as a Foreign Language
C) Basic Chinese
D) Introductory Spanish
  • 16. Where do students at Le Havre primarily choose to spend their third year abroad?
A) In the Middle East
B) In an Asian country
C) In Central Europe
D) In Germany
  • 17. In which year did Le Havre start hosting the Euro-Asian Programme?
A) 2001
B) 2000
C) 2007
D) 2005
  • 18. In which French Riviera city is a Sciences Po campus established?
A) Nice
B) Menton
C) Marseille
D) Cannes
  • 19. In what year was the Menton campus established?
A) 2007
B) 2000
C) 2001
D) 2005
  • 20. What type of building houses the Menton campus?
A) An 18th-century heritage site
B) An entirely renovated 19th-century building overlooking the Mediterranean
C) A modern coastal skyscraper
D) A medieval castle
  • 21. What is the regional specialisation of the Menton campus?
A) Central and Eastern Europe
B) The European Union and French-German relations
C) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
D) East Asia
  • 22. How many students does the Menton campus welcome each year according to the brochure?
A) 300 students
B) 100 students
C) 1000 students
D) 500 students
  • 23. Through how many language tracks is the undergraduate programme at Menton taught?
A) Four language tracks including Asian languages
B) Three language tracks (French, English and German)
C) A single track taught only in French
D) Two language tracks (French or English)
  • 24. Which of the following is an elective language offered at Menton?
A) Hungarian
B) Chinese
C) Swedish
D) Arabic
  • 25. Which Middle Eastern language besides Arabic is offered as an elective at Menton?
A) Japanese
B) Turkish
C) Czech
D) Korean
  • 26. Which European elective languages are available at the Menton campus?
A) Polish and Romanian
B) Italian and Spanish
C) Russian and Czech
D) German and Swedish
  • 27. Which language elective at Menton is written in the Perso-Arabic script and is spoken in Iran?
A) Persian
B) Hebrew
C) Arabic
D) Turkish
  • 28. Which Semitic language is offered as an elective at Menton?
A) Turkish
B) Persian
C) Romanian
D) Hebrew
  • 29. Where is the third mandatory year abroad spent for students from Menton?
A) Strictly in Eastern Europe
B) Only in Asia
C) In the Middle East or elsewhere
D) Exclusively in Germany
  • 30. In which French region is the Nancy campus established?
A) French Riviera
B) Burgundy
C) Lorraine
D) Normandy
  • 31. In what year was the Nancy campus established?
A) 2007
B) 2000
C) 2005
D) 2001
  • 32. What is the name of the 18th-century heritage site where the Nancy campus is located?
A) Palais Bourbon
B) Hôtel de Ville
C) Château de Nancy
D) Hôtel des Missions Royales
  • 33. In which languages is the curriculum at the Nancy campus taught?
A) French and Arabic
B) French, English and German
C) English and Chinese
D) Only in French
  • 34. What does the regional specialisation at the Nancy campus focus on?
A) The Euro-Asian Programme
B) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
C) Central and Eastern Europe
D) The European Union and French-German relations
  • 35. Which of the following is listed as an elective language at Nancy?
A) Hungarian
B) German
C) Arabic
D) Chinese
  • 36. Besides German, English, and French as a foreign language, which Nordic language is offered as an elective at Nancy?
A) Finnish
B) Norwegian
C) Danish
D) Swedish
  • 37. Which campus is located in a 19th-century building in Burgundy?
A) Le Havre
B) Nancy
C) Menton
D) Dijon
  • 38. Which campus hosts the Euro-Asian Programme?
A) Nancy
B) Le Havre
C) Dijon
D) Menton
  • 39. Which campus is housed in the Hôtel des Missions Royales?
A) Le Havre
B) Dijon
C) Menton
D) Nancy
  • 40. What is the formal name of Sciences Po?
A) French Institute of Political Science
B) National University of Paris
C) Paris Institute of Political Studies
D) École libre des sciences politiques
  • 41. In which city is the main public research university of Sciences Po located?
A) Nice
B) Paris
C) Lyon
D) Marseille
  • 42. What legal status does Sciences Po hold?
A) Grand établissement
B) Private academy
C) Foreign institution
D) Lyceum
  • 43. What is the academic focus of each decentralized campus of Sciences Po?
A) Pure mathematics and logic
B) Agricultural sciences
C) A geopolitical part of the world
D) Specific medical technologies
  • 44. Who established the school in 1872?
A) Napoleon III
B) Ernest Renan
C) Hippolyte Taine
D) Émile Boutmy
  • 45. In the aftermath of which conflict was the school founded?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Napoleonic Wars
D) Franco-Prussian War
  • 46. What percentage of Sciences Po graduates were employed in the private sector as of 2021?
A) 80%
B) 50%
C) 92.5%
D) 20%
  • 47. When was the school nationalized and re-established as a public institution?
A) In 1872
B) Following World War II
C) Following the Franco-Prussian War
D) During World War I
  • 48. How must other Institutes of Political Studies in France refer to themselves?
A) Followed by the names of the cities where they are located
B) By using the title 'Paris Institute'
C) By adopting a completely unrelated name
D) Using only the epithet 'Sciences Po'
  • 49. Which association is Sciences Po a member of?
A) Global Alliance of Medical Schools
B) Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
C) International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
D) World Engineering Association
  • 50. In what month and year was the school established as the ELSP?
A) November 1945
B) July 1870
C) December 1871
D) January 1872
  • 51. Which of the following figures was part of the group that founded the ELSP?
A) Napoleon III
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Maximilien Robespierre
D) Hippolyte Taine
  • 52. Which crisis contributed to the fears regarding the education of the French political elite?
A) The French Revolution
B) The Paris Commune
C) The July Revolution
D) The Hundred Years' War
  • 53. What innovative intellectual axis did the founders introduce?
A) Teaching contemporary history
B) Strictly technical engineering courses
C) Focusing solely on ancient humanities
D) Mandatory military service training
  • 54. Between 1901 and 1935, what percentage of entrants to the Grands corps de l'État had studied at the school?
A) 92.5%
B) 100%
C) 50%
D) 80%
  • 55. Which Italian school was created in 1875 following the model of the ELSP?
A) Istituto Cesare Alfieri
B) Politecnico di Milano
C) Scuola Normale Superiore
D) Bocconi University
  • 56. Which United States school created a School of Foreign Service after WWI, inspired by similar institutions?
A) Harvard University
B) Columbia University
C) Georgetown University
D) Princeton University
  • 57. In what year did the university establish a colonial studies program?
A) 1945
B) 1901
C) 1886
D) 1872
  • 58. When did the colonial branch of the ELSP close?
A) 1905
B) 1935
C) 1875
D) 1893
  • 59. What state-sponsored school was created in 1889, leading to the closure of the ELSP's colonial branch?
A) Institute of Political Studies
B) National School of Administration
C) Colonial School
D) School of Foreign Service
  • 60. Which decentralized campus is located in the Grand Est region alongside Nancy?
A) Le Havre
B) Paris
C) Reims
D) Menton
  • 61. Which decentralized campus is located in western-central France?
A) Le Havre
B) Poitiers
C) Menton
D) Dijon
  • 62. What was the name of the regime whose demise was counted among France's crises in 1870?
A) The Bourbon Restoration
B) The First French Empire
C) Napoleon III's regime
D) The Vichy Regime
  • 63. Who was among the founders of the ELSP alongside Émile Boutmy?
A) Ernest Renan
B) Georges Clemenceau
C) Maximilian I
D) Emile Zola
  • 64. What kind of institution was the ELSP originally created as?
A) A public research university
B) A municipal secondary school
C) A state-owned military academy
D) A private institution
  • 65. Who held the chair in colonial affairs at the ELSP?
A) Émile Boutmy
B) Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
C) Hippolyte Taine
D) Ernest Renan
  • 66. Which British institution was founded around the turn of the century, similar to the ELSP?
A) University of Oxford
B) Edinburgh University
C) London School of Economics
D) University of Cambridge
  • 67. Which Swiss graduate institute was created after World War I along the lines of political/foreign service schools?
A) Geneva Graduate Institute
B) ETH Zurich
C) University of Bern
D) University of Lausanne
  • 68. Which German school was created in the wave of similar political schools?
A) Humboldt University of Berlin
B) University of Munich
C) Deutsche Hochschule für Politik
D) University of Heidelberg
  • 69. Which US school's political science program originated from this global movement of political schools?
A) MIT Department of Economics
B) Columbia School of Political Science
C) Yale Law School
D) Stanford University
  • 70. In what year did Sciences Po undergo significant reforms?
A) 1944
B) 1939
C) 1945
D) 1950
  • 71. Which communist politician accused the school of being the "home of collaboration"?
A) Roger Seydoux
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Michel Debré
D) Georges Cogniot
  • 72. Who was the director of the school during the 1945 reforms?
A) André Siegfried
B) Michel Debré
C) Roger Seydoux
D) Jacques Chapsal
  • 73. Who was Roger Seydoux's aid?
A) Jules Jeanneney
B) Georges Cogniot
C) Jacques Chapsal
D) Roger Grégoire
  • 74. Who was described as the school's most famous professor?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) André Siegfried
C) Michel Debré
D) Roger Seydoux
  • 75. Who led France's Provisional Government that made the choice regarding the school's future?
A) André Siegfried
B) Georges Cogniot
C) Roger Seydoux
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 76. How many campuses of Sciences Po are there in France?
A) Eight
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Ten
  • 77. From 1945, where were the Grands Corps de l'Etat obliged to recruit new entrants from?
A) ELSP
B) ENA
C) FNSP
D) IEP de Paris
  • 78. Which historic crisis occurred during Jacques Chapsal's directorship?
A) The Equal Opportunity crisis
B) The 2012 Financial crisis
C) The French Revolution
D) May 68 crisis
  • 79. In what year was the Presses de Sciences Po created?
A) 1960
B) 1956
C) 2001
D) 1976
  • 80. When did Sciences Po create its first PhD program?
A) 1976
B) 1956
C) 1960
D) 1947
  • 81. What center for political research was created in 1960?
A) CEVIPOF
B) FNSP
C) Presses de Sciences Po
D) The Equal Opportunity Program
  • 82. Which foundation provided significant donations to the FNSP?
A) Carnegie Foundation
B) Ford Foundation
C) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
D) Rockefeller Foundation
  • 83. Who led Sciences Po between 1987 and 1997?
A) Richard Descoings
B) Alain Lancelot
C) Roger Seydoux
D) Jacques Chapsal
  • 84. What new requirement was introduced for all undergraduate students under Descoings?
A) Spend a year abroad
B) Complete a mandatory PhD program
C) Work at the CEVIPOF
D) Pass the ENA entrance exam
  • 85. What type of curriculum was introduced by Richard Descoings?
A) A purely scientific curriculum
B) A strictly French-only curriculum
C) A multilingual curriculum
D) An exam-free curriculum
  • 86. What was the proportion of scholarship students at Sciences Po in 2001?
A) 6 percent
B) 77.5 percent
C) 27 percent
D) 30 percent
  • 87. What was the proportion of scholarship students at Sciences Po by 2011?
A) 6 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 27 percent
D) 10 percent
  • 88. Who was appointed director of Sciences Po on March 1, 2013?
A) Frédéric Mion
B) Luis Vassy
C) Richard Descoings
D) Mathias Vicherat
  • 89. In what year was the School of Management and Innovation created?
A) 2013
B) 2021
C) 2016
D) 2015
  • 90. In late 2016, Sciences Po acquired the Hôtel de l'Artillerie located in which arrondissement of Paris?
A) 7th arrondissement
B) 8th arrondissement
C) 6th arrondissement
D) 5th arrondissement
  • 91. Which scandal hit Sciences Po in 2021?
A) The Gaza war protests
B) The Vicherat affair
C) The Boutmy crisis
D) The Duhamel scandal
  • 92. Which book mainly put forward the 2021 sexual violence scandal at Sciences Po?
A) Sciences Po 2022
B) Nouvel Obs
C) Le Monde
D) La Familia Grande
  • 93. Who was accused of raping his son, leading to his resignation as director of the National Foundation of Sciences Po?
A) Olivier Duhamel
B) Frédéric Mion
C) Mathias Vicherat
D) Luis Vassy
  • 94. When did Mathias Vicherat assume office as the new director of Sciences Po?
A) 22 November 2021
B) 13 March 2024
C) 1 March 2013
D) 28 September 2024
  • 95. Who was named interim director of Sciences Po on March 26, 2024?
A) Mathias Vicherat
B) Jean Bassères
C) Frédéric Mion
D) Luis Vassy
  • 96. When did Luis Vassy assume office as the new director of Sciences Po?
A) 13 March 2024
B) 28 September 2024
C) 26 March 2024
D) 22 November 2021
  • 97. What is the inter-campus tournament held at the end of the academic year also known as?
A) The Collégiades
B) The MiniCrit
C) The Saint-Guillaume Games
D) The Boutmy Tournament
  • 98. Around which boulevard are the buildings of the Paris campus concentrated?
A) Boulevard Haussmann
B) Boulevard Saint-Germain
C) Boulevard Saint-Michel
D) Boulevard de Sébastopol
  • 99. Since what year has the central library been housed at 27 rue Saint-Guillaume?
A) 2016
B) 2022
C) 2013
D) 1879
  • 100. Approximately how many undergraduate students does the Paris campus enroll?
A) 5,000
B) 1,000
C) 3,000
D) 10,000
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