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Salon Carré
  • 1. In what year did the fire occur that led to the reconstruction of the Salon Carré?
A) 1725
B) 1661
C) 1810
D) 1849
  • 2. What type of art is currently displayed in the Salon Carré?
A) Italian Renaissance painting
B) Contemporary art
C) Ancient Egyptian artifacts
D) French Impressionist painting
  • 3. Who rebuilt the Salon Carré after the fire of 1661?
A) Félix Duban
B) Marc Saltet
C) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
D) Louis Le Vau
  • 4. What is the actual shape of the Salon Carré despite its name?
A) Circular
B) Octagonal
C) Rectangular
D) Square
  • 5. What was the room known as before it was called the Salon Carré?
A) Grand Salon or Salon du Louvre
B) Salon des Ambassadeurs
C) Galerie des Rois
D) Salle des Sept-Cheminées
  • 6. Who designed the skylight installed in 1789?
A) Félix Duban
B) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
C) Louis Le Vau
D) Pierre-Charles Simart
  • 7. For what event was the Salon Carré temporarily converted into a chapel in 1810?
A) The wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise
B) The inauguration of the museum
C) A state funeral
D) A royal coronation
  • 8. Who was the Louvre director that advocated for moving the Salon outside the Louvre in 1848?
A) Félix Duban
B) Pierre-Charles Simart
C) Marc Saltet
D) Philippe-Auguste Jeanron
  • 9. Who created the richly decorated gilded stucco ceiling in the Salon Carré?
A) Pierre Paulin
B) Joseph-André Motte
C) André Monpoix
D) Pierre-Charles Simart
  • 10. When was the refurbished room inaugurated following the 19th-century redecoration?
A) 2 April 1810
B) 5 June 1851
C) 1 January 1849
D) 15 July 1972
  • 11. Which architect redecorated the Salon Carré after the Salon exhibitions were relocated?
A) Félix Duban
B) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
C) Marc Saltet
D) Louis Le Vau
  • 12. In what year was the museography of the Salon Carré updated with a hung tubular lighting case?
A) 1789
B) 1972
C) 1848
D) 1851
  • 13. Where was the Salon des Ambassadeurs located relative to the original Grand Salon?
A) In the Tuileries Palace
B) Inside the Galerie des Rois
C) On the ground floor
D) Above the Grand Salon
  • 14. What is the reason the Salon Carré is now used for permanent museum exhibitions?
A) It was originally built as a museum
B) The Salon exhibitions were moved elsewhere
C) The skylight required a permanent display
D) Napoleon ordered it to be a museum
  • 15. Which designers assisted Marc Saltet in the 1972 museography project?
A) Charles-Axel Guillaumot and Napoleon Bonaparte
B) André Monpoix, Joseph-André Motte and Pierre Paulin
C) Philippe-Auguste Jeanron and Pierre-Charles Simart
D) Louis Le Vau and Félix Duban
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