Bibliothèque nationale de France - Quiz
Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • 1. Which street is located to the north of the Richelieu site?
A) Rue Vivienne
B) Rue des Petits-Champs
C) Rue de Richelieu
D) Rue Colbert
  • 2. How long was the Richelieu site the main location of the library?
A) 275 years
B) 100 years
C) 300 years
D) 50 years
  • 3. Who were the architects responsible for the comprehensive renovation of the Richelieu site?
A) Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal
B) Dominique Perrault
C) François Mitterrand
D) Bouygues
  • 4. When did François Mitterrand announce the construction of the new library?
A) 15 December 1996
B) August 2016
C) 14 July 1988
D) July 1989
  • 5. Which firm was responsible for the construction of the François-Mitterrand site?
A) Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
B) Gaudin & Brégal
C) École Nationale des Chartes
D) Bouygues
  • 6. What nickname, sarcastically referring to the TGV, was given to the François-Mitterrand site?
A) Mitterrand Library
B) TGV
C) TGB
D) BNF
  • 7. In what year was the National Library of France inaugurated at its new site?
A) 1996
B) 1988
C) 1989
D) 2016
  • 8. Approximately how many books did the BnF contain as of 2016 across its four sites?
A) 10 million
B) 14 million
C) 20 million
D) 5 million
  • 9. Which of these is NOT one of the four Parisian sites of the BnF?
A) Arsenal
B) Richelieu
C) Versailles
D) Opéra
  • 10. When was the wireless network fully installed at the François-Mitterrand site?
A) December 1996
B) July 1989
C) July 1988
D) August 2016
  • 11. The Manuscripts department houses the largest collection of which type of documents worldwide?
A) Sound and video documents
B) Printed maps and plans
C) Coins and medals
D) Medieval and modern manuscripts
  • 12. How many Ancient Greek manuscripts are held by the library?
A) About 5,000
B) About 1,000
C) About 10,000
D) About 500
  • 13. Which of the following is NOT a fund of the Ancient Greek manuscripts?
A) Ancien fonds grec
B) Fonds du Supplément grec
C) fonds Coislin
D) Fonds Mitterrand
  • 14. Which of these authors is explicitly mentioned as having manuscripts in the BnF collection?
A) Balzac
B) Victor Hugo
C) Flaubert
D) Proust
  • 15. In which room is the library of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art housed?
A) Salle des Manuscrits
B) Salle Mitterrand
C) Salle Richelieu
D) Saller Labrouste
  • 16. Which government entity supervises the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
C) Ministry of Interior
D) Ministry of Education
  • 17. Who founded the original royal library at the Louvre Palace in 1368?
A) Charles VI
B) Francis I
C) Louis XI
D) Charles V
  • 18. What is the former name of the BnF Museum located at the Richelieu site?
A) Hôtel Tubeuf
B) Cabinet des Médailles
C) Palais de la Cité
D) Bibliothèque du Roi
  • 19. Who was the first librarian of record at the library founded by Charles V?
A) Claude Mallet
B) Jean Blanchet
C) Jean de Bégue
D) Jacques Amyot
  • 20. What happened to the first collection of the royal library in 1424?
A) Transferred to England
B) Destroyed by fire
C) Moved to Fontainebleau
D) Donated to the Church
  • 21. Which king incorporated the Blois library into the Bibliothèque du Roi?
A) Francis I
B) Louis XII
C) Charles VIII
D) Henry II
  • 22. Where did Francis I transfer the royal library collection in 1534?
A) Milan
B) Blois
C) Paris
D) Fontainebleau
  • 23. When did the library officially open to the public?
A) 1666
B) 1789
C) 1868
D) 1692
  • 24. What event in 1721 provided space for the library to expand at Hôtel Tubeuf?
A) The expulsion of the Jesuits
B) The death of Louis XIV
C) The collapse of the Mississippi Company
D) The French Revolution
  • 25. What did Napoleon order regarding provincial libraries?
A) The National Library was to send its duplicates to the provinces
B) All provincial libraries were to be shut down
C) Books were to be sold to fund the Napoleonic wars
D) All books not in the national collection should be forwarded to it
  • 26. Which architectural feature was added to the library by Jean-Louis Pascal?
A) The Louvre wing
B) The main entrance gate
C) The underground vaults
D) The Oval Room
  • 27. What hazard led to the removal of four books from public access in 2024?
A) Radioactive materials in the binding
B) Lead-based ink
C) Mold contamination
D) Arsenic in the green pigments
  • 28. What is the name of the digital library for the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Le Père Duchesne
B) Toute la mémoire du monde
C) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
D) Gallica
  • 29. In what year was Gallica established?
A) 2010
B) 1997
C) 1871
D) 1956
  • 30. What technology allows for full-text search in Gallica's collections?
A) Manuscript indexing
B) Digital imaging
C) OCR-processing
D) ARK identification
  • 31. What is the specific digital identifier used by the National Library of France for its documents?
A) OCR
B) URL
C) ISBN
D) ARK
  • 32. Who directed the 1956 short film about the library?
A) Alain Resnais
B) Le Père Duchesne
C) Raoul Rigault
D) Henri Murger
  • 33. Which newspaper was Raoul Rigault known for reading at the library?
A) Le Père Duchesne
B) Toute la mémoire du monde
C) Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies
D) Scenes of Bohemian Life
  • 34. On what date was the ten millionth document added to Gallica?
A) 10 February 2010
B) February 2019
C) October 1997
D) 30 March 2023
  • 35. What is the status of the library materials available on Gallica?
A) Paid rental
B) Subscription based
C) Restricted access
D) Freely available
  • 36. Where is the manuscript 'Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies' stored?
A) Bibliothèque nationale de France
B) The Paris Commune
C) Gallica
D) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
Created with That Quiz — a math test site for students of all grade levels.