Château de Fontainebleau
  • 1. What is the primary architectural style of Château de Fontainebleau?
A) Baroque
B) Neoclassical
C) Gothic
D) Renaissance
  • 2. In which country is Château de Fontainebleau located?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) France
  • 3. Who was one of the most famous residents of Château de Fontainebleau?
A) Louis XVI
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Henri IV
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 4. During which period was Château de Fontainebleau primarily a royal residence?
A) 19th to early 20th century
B) 15th century only
C) From the 16th to the 19th century
D) 12th to 14th century
  • 5. Which monarch initiated the largest renovations at Château de Fontainebleau?
A) Louis XIV
B) Louis XV
C) Henry II
D) Francis I
  • 6. What is the name of the main courtyard in Château de Fontainebleau?
A) Cour des Souvenirs
B) Cour des Adieux
C) Cour d'Honneur
D) Cour de Marbre
  • 7. What year was the Château de Fontainebleau declared a UNESCO World Heritage site?
A) 2000
B) 1990
C) 1975
D) 1981
  • 8. What is housed within the Château de Fontainebleau besides its historical architecture?
A) A theatre
B) A museum
C) An aquarium
D) A zoo
  • 9. Which famous artist contributed to the decoration of the palace?
A) Rosso Fiorentino
B) Raphael
C) Michelangelo
D) Da Vinci
  • 10. What is the Palace of Fontainebleau known for in terms of its location?
A) It is situated on the western coast of France.
B) It is found directly within the city limits of Paris.
C) It is located 55 kilometers southeast of the center of Paris.
D) It is located in the northern part of France.
  • 11. When did the Palace of Fontainebleau become a national museum?
A) In 1981.
B) In 1945.
C) In 1927.
D) In 1901.
  • 12. What was the Palace of Fontainebleau's original purpose?
A) It functioned primarily as a public marketplace.
B) It started as an educational institution.
C) It was originally built as a military fortress.
D) It served as a hunting lodge and autumn residence for French monarchs.
  • 13. Which year did Henry Peacham write about the Fontainebleau spring?
A) In 1804.
B) In 1501.
C) In 1622.
D) In 1703.
  • 14. What was the first château at Fontainebleau like?
A) It was a square 'donjon' or keep, three stories high with stone walls and a wooden palisade.
B) An open-air amphitheater for royal events.
C) A large palace with multiple wings and gardens.
D) A small cottage surrounded by a moat.
  • 15. Who consecrated the chapel built by Louis VII?
A) Pope Gregory IX.
B) Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
C) Thomas Becket, the English priest in exile.
D) King Henry II of England.
  • 16. What was built close to the castle during Louis VII's reign?
A) An armory.
B) A grand stables for horses.
C) A royal library.
D) A monastery of the Trinitarians, a mendicant order of monks.
  • 17. Which Italian Renaissance style building served as the main entry to Fontainebleau?
A) Palais Garnier
B) Cour Carrée
C) Porte Dorée (Golden Gate)
D) Chapelle Expiatoire
  • 18. What emblem of Francis I is found alongside each painting he commissioned in the Grand Gallery?
A) A lion holding a sword
B) An eagle with a crown
C) A salamander surrounded by flames
D) A fleur-de-lis
  • 19. Who joined later in the decoration of the Galerie François I?
A) Titian
B) Michelangelo Buonarroti
C) Raphael Sanzio
D) Francesco Primaticcio
  • 20. What was the name of the stairway built on the north side by Gilles Le Breton?
A) Escalier des Ambassadeurs
B) Portique de Serlio
C) Cheminée de la Reine
D) Grand Escalier
  • 21. What major project did Henry II and Catherine de' Medici undertake at the chateau?
A) The Cour des Offices
B) The Gallery of Diana
C) The Oval Court
D) The wing of the Belle Cheminée
  • 22. Which king made more additions to the chateau than any since Francis I?
A) Henry IV
B) Charles IX
C) Francis II
D) Louis XIV
  • 23. Who created the ornate chapel of the Trinity?
A) Martin Fréminet
B) Francesco Primaticcio
C) Ambroise Dubois
D) Toussaint Dubreuil
  • 24. Who was responsible for the garden of Diana created by Catherine de' Medici?
A) Claude Mollet
B) Martin Fréminet
C) Henry IV
D) Tommaso Francini
  • 25. What was the length of the grand canal created by Henry IV on the south side?
A) 1200 meters long
B) 1500 meters long
C) 900 meters long
D) 600 meters long
  • 26. Who may have designed the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden for Marie de' Medici?
A) Martin Fréminet
B) Francesco Primaticcio
C) Claude Mollet
D) Tommaso Francini
  • 27. What was the birthplace of Francis II?
A) Château d'Anet
B) Versailles
C) The chateau at Fontainebleau
D) Luxembourg Garden
  • 28. Who was responsible for reconstructing the horseshoe stairway at the Cour de Cheval Blanc?
A) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
B) André-Charles Boulle
C) Jean Androuet du Cerceau
D) Philibert Delorme
  • 29. Which monarch spent more days at Fontainebleau than any other?
A) King Louis XVI
B) King Louis XV
C) King Louis XIV
D) King Louis XIII
  • 30. Who was the architect responsible for redesigning the large parterre into a French formal garden?
A) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
B) Louis Le Vau
C) André Le Nôtre
D) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
  • 31. Which Russian Tsar visited Fontainebleau in 1717 and found it too small compared to other royal residences?
A) Tsar Nicholas I
B) Tsar Peter the Great
C) Tsar Alexander II
D) Tsar Ivan IV
  • 32. Who designed the new wing along the Cour de la Fontaine and carp pond during Louis XV's reign?
A) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
B) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
C) André-Charles Boulle
D) Jean Androuet du Cerceau
  • 33. What style was the salon created for Marie Antoinette in 1777?
A) French formal garden style
B) Italian Renaissance style
C) Turkish-style
D) Arabesque style
  • 34. Which king's renovations included the creation of a new apartment on the first floor alongside the Gallery of Francis I?
A) King Louis XIII
B) King Louis XIV
C) King Louis XV
D) King Louis XVI
  • 35. Who was the architect that built a new wing alongside the Gallery of Deer and the Gallery of Diana?
A) Jean Androuet du Cerceau
B) Jules Hardouin-Mansart
C) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
D) Louis Le Vau
  • 36. During which historical period did Napoleon use Fontainebleau as a military school?
A) Restoration and the reign of Louis-Philippe
B) The Bourbon Restoration
C) The First Empire
D) The Revolution
  • 37. Who was responsible for transforming the gardens into an English landscape garden?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Maximilien Joseph Hurtault.
C) Pope Pius VII
D) Louis-Philippe I
  • 38. On what date did Napoleon abdicate at Fontainebleau?
A) 4 April 1814.
B) 20 April 1814
C) 20 March 1815
D) 5 November 1810
  • 39. Which style was the Hall of Columns remade in during Louis-Philippe I's reign?
A) Empire style
B) Neo-Renaissance
C) Baroque
D) Neoclassical.
  • 40. Which style was used to redecorate the Hall of the Guards and Gallery of Plates?
A) Empire style
B) Gothic
C) Baroque
D) Neo-Renaissance.
  • 41. In which year did a fire destroy the old theater in the wing of the Belle Cheminée?
A) 1856
B) 1923
C) 1940
D) 1870
  • 42. Who built the new theater in the Louis XVI style after the fire?
A) Franz Xaver Winterhalter
B) Hector Lefuel
C) Charles Henri Joseph Cordier
D) Frederick Charles of Prussia
  • 43. Which artist's paintings were featured in Empress Eugénie's museum?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Claude Monet
C) Franz Xaver Winterhalter
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  • 44. Which organization occupied part of the château after World War II until 1966?
A) The School of Applied Artillery
B) NATO's Allied Forces Central Europe/Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
C) UNESCO
D) Écoles d'Art Américaines
  • 45. What name was given to the theater after its restoration in 2014?
A) Napoleon III Theater
B) Fontainebleau Royal Theater
C) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Theater
D) Empress Eugénie Theater
  • 46. When did the Chinese Museum of the château get robbed?
A) 16 June 1940
B) 1 March 2015
C) 10 November 1941
D) 30 April 2014
  • 47. Who was the Minister of Culture during the restoration under President Charles de Gaulle?
A) Charles Henri Joseph Cordier
B) Andre Malraux
C) Frederick Charles of Prussia
D) Emperor Napoleon III
  • 48. Who occupied the palace during World War II from June to November 1940?
A) French troops
B) The Germans
C) NATO forces
D) The Prussian Army
  • 49. In what year did Francis I begin decorating the Gallery of Francis I?
A) 1531
B) 1546
C) 1528
D) 1533
  • 50. What symbol is prominent in the decor of the ballroom, representing King Henry II's mistress?
A) An owl
B) A crown
C) A star
D) The crescent moon
  • 51. Who painted the frescoes in the ballroom beginning in 1552?
A) Francesco Scibec da Carpi
B) Rosso Fiorentino
C) Nicolo dell'Abate
D) J. Alaux
  • 52. When was St. Saturnin's Chapel largely completed?
A) 1546
B) 1554
C) 1528
D) 1533
  • 53. Who made the ornate ceiling over the Queen's bed?
A) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
B) Pierre Rousseau
C) Guillaume Noyers
D) Jacques Vererckt
  • 54. Who redecorated the Queen's bedchamber in 1746-1747?
A) Marie Leszczynska
B) Pierre Rousseau
C) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
D) Jacques Vererckt
  • 55. What style was used for the ceiling of the alcove and wood panelling in the Queen's bedchamber?
A) Baroque style
B) Rocaille style
C) Ancient Roman models
D) Arabesque design
  • 56. When did the bed specially made for Marie Antoinette arrive?
A) 1786, when it was made
B) Before the French Revolution
C) 1797, after her execution
D) During the reign of Louis Philippe
  • 57. Who created the boudoir for Marie-Antoinette in 1786?
A) Pierre Rousseau
B) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
C) Guillaume Noyers
D) Jacques Vererckt
  • 58. Who sculpted and painted the wood panelling in Marie-Antoinette's boudoir?
A) Guillaume Noyers
B) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
C) Laplace, Michel-Hubert Bourgeois, Louis-François Touzé
D) Jacques Vererckt
  • 59. Who made the eight figures of the Muses in Marie-Antoinette's boudoir?
A) Roland
B) Laplace
C) Pierre Rousseau
D) Michel-Hubert Bourgeois
  • 60. Who designed the furnishings for Marie-Antoinette's boudoir?
A) Jean-Henri Riesener
B) Pierre Rousseau
C) Jacques Vererckt
D) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
  • 61. Who painted the ceiling in Marie-Antoinette's boudoir?
A) Roland
B) Pierre Rousseau
C) Jean-Simon Berthélemy
D) Michel-Hubert Bourgeois
  • 62. Who made the mahogany parquet floor in Marie-Antoinette's boudoir?
A) Jacques Vererckt
B) Bernard Molitor
C) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
D) Pierre Rousseau
  • 63. In what year was the Games Room created for Marie Antoinette?
A) 1752
B) 1808
C) 1786
D) 1835
  • 64. What style is the Games Room an example of?
A) Empire
B) Baroque
C) Louis-Philippe
D) Arabesque
  • 65. Who was the White Salon created for?
A) Napoleon
B) King Louis Philippe
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Queen Marie-Amelie
  • 66. In what year was the White Salon created?
A) 1786
B) 1808
C) 1752
D) 1835
  • 67. Who painted the portrait that replaced Louis XIII's during Napoleon's reign?
A) Jacob-Desmalter
B) Robert Lefèvre
C) Philippe de Champaigne
D) Amboise Dubois
  • 68. Who originally designed the decoration around Napoleon's throne?
A) Jacob-Desmalter
B) Amboise Dubois
C) Robert Lefèvre
D) Philippe de Champaigne
  • 69. From which palace did the throne in Napoleon's room come?
A) Château de Saint-Cloud
B) The Tuileries Palace
C) Palace of Fontainebleau
D) Versailles Palace
  • 70. Who painted the scenes in blue monochrome in the Council Chamber?
A) Alexis Peyrotte
B) Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
C) Carle van Loo
D) François Boucher
  • 71. Who designed the armchairs at the table for ministers in the Council Chamber?
A) Marcion
B) Claude Audran
C) Ange-Jacques Gabriel
D) Jacob-Desmalter
  • 72. In what year did Napoleon decide he wanted his own apartments within the palace?
A) 1754
B) 1806
C) 1804
D) 1773
  • 73. Who painted The clemency of the King halting justice in its course on the ceiling of Napoleon's bedchamber?
A) Frédéric-Simon Moench
B) Alexis Peyrotte
C) Jean-Baptiste Regnault
D) François Boucher
  • 74. Who created the special carpet in the shape of the cross of the Legion of Honor for Napoleon?
A) Marcion
B) Frédéric-Simon Moench
C) Sallandrouze
D) Jacob-Desmalter
  • 75. In 1811, what did Napoleon add to the small bedchamber?
A) He introduced luxurious drapery.
B) He installed a grandiose canopy bed.
C) He added the camp bed.
D) He placed an ornate writing desk.
  • 76. What material was the bathtub in Napoleon's bathroom made from?
A) Marble.
B) Bronze.
C) Tinned copper.
D) Porcelain.
  • 77. What surrounded the tinned copper bathtub in Napoleon's bathroom?
A) An ornate wooden frame.
B) A marble surround.
C) A velvet curtain.
D) A simple cotton skirt.
  • 78. Who created the gilded and sculpted ceiling in the Salon de Reception?
A) Louis XIV
B) Ambroise Perret
C) Gilbert de Sève
D) Charles Errard
  • 79. What emblems did Anne of Austria add to the Salon de Reception?
A) A pelican
B) Sun and planets
C) Military trophies
D) Oak leaves and putti
  • 80. Which historical figure is depicted with features of Henry II in the chapel?
A) Louis IX
B) Francis I
C) Napoleon III
D) Charlemagne
  • 81. Who made the sculpted wooden doors of the nave in the mid-17th century?
A) Jean Gobert
B) Anthony Girault
C) Francesco Bordoni
D) Martin Freminet
  • 82. Who installed the small organ in the Chapel of the Trinity between 1772 and 1774?
A) Anthony Girault
B) Jean Gobert
C) Francesco Bordoni
D) François-Henri Cilquot
  • 83. Who was responsible for building the Salle des Gardes?
A) Henry IV
B) Louis XIV
C) Charles IX
D) Napoleon III
  • 84. Who is the sculptor attributed to the bust of Henry IV in the Room of the Guards?
A) Mathieu Jacquet
B) Pierre Bontemps
C) Ambroise Dubois
D) Ruggiero d'Ruggieri
  • 85. What was the Room of the Guards used for during Napoleon III's reign?
A) A promenade corridor
B) A salon
C) A library
D) A dining room
  • 86. What was the Gallery of Diana turned into under Napoleon III starting in 1853?
A) A dining room
B) A promenade corridor
C) A library
D) A salon
  • 87. Who remade the rooms of the Chinese Museum in 1867?
A) Napoleon III
B) The Empress Eugénie
C) A delegation from Siam
D) A British-French military expedition
  • 88. From where were the lacquered wood panels taken?
A) 17th-century Chinese screens
B) Siamese palaces
C) Japanese temples
D) French furniture from the 18th century
  • 89. Which game from that period is on display in the Chinese Museum?
A) Checkers
B) An old bagatelle game
C) Chess
D) Backgammon
  • 90. What other musical instrument is displayed from that period?
A) A flute
B) A mechanical piano
C) A harpsichord
D) A violin
  • 91. Who created the French Renaissance garden at Fontainebleau?
A) Henry IV.
B) Catherine de' Medici.
C) Francis I.
D) Louis XIV.
  • 92. Where is the original statue, Diana of Versailles, now located?
A) The Louvre
B) Jardin du Luxembourg
C) Garden of Diana
D) Gallery of the Deer inside the palace
  • 93. Who made the original statue of the fountain in 1602?
A) Pierre Biard l'Aîné
B) Keller brothers
C) Tommaso Francini
D) Barthelemy Prieur
  • 94. When was the Garden of Diana opened to the public?
A) During the Third Republic
B) During Napoleon I's reign
C) In the 19th century
D) Under Louis XIV
  • 95. What was the original name given to the garden by Francis I?
A) Renaissance Garden
B) English Garden
C) Atlas Garden
D) Pine Garden
  • 96. In which year did Francesco Primaticcio join Rosso Fiorentino at the Palace of Fontainebleau?
A) 1552
B) 1540
C) 1584
D) 1532
  • 97. Which Italian artist was invited to France in 1552 by Henry II?
A) Rosso Fiorentino
B) Francesco Primaticcio
C) Niccolò dell'Abbate
D) Benvenuto Cellini
  • 98. Which artist was a goldsmith and silversmith involved in the first school of Fontainebleau?
A) Toussaint Dubreuil
B) Benvenuto Cellini
C) Jean Cousin the Elder
D) Ambroise Dubois
  • 99. In what year was the Museum of Napoleon I created?
A) 2000
B) 1986
C) 1975
D) 1990
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