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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Quiz
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  • 1. What did Rev. Hermann Korth publish in 1948 regarding the shoot-down hypothesis?
A) A personal memoir
B) War logs
C) A set of official German military records
D) A biography of Saint-Exupéry
  • 2. On what date did Korth claim a Fw 190 shot down a P-38 Lightning?
A) 31 July 1944
B) 1 August 1944
C) 16 August 1944
D) 30 July 1944
  • 3. Whose P-38 might have been the one Korth described, according to skeptics?
A) Ivan Rebroff
B) Robert Heichele
C) Horst Rippert
D) Gene Meredith
  • 4. Which magazine quoted a letter from Robert Heichele in 1972?
A) La Provence
B) The Bundesarchiv Review
C) Der Landser
D) The Luftwaffe Gazette
  • 5. What aircraft variant did Heichele claim to fly that caused skepticism due to it not being in service?
A) P-38 Lightning
B) Messerschmitt Bf 109
C) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9
D) Fw 190 A-8
  • 6. What is the name of the German military archive mentioned in the text?
A) German Air Force Archives
B) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv
C) Berlin War Records
D) Luftwaffe Historical Center
  • 7. When did Robert Heichele die?
A) 2008
B) 31 July 1944
C) 21 August 1944
D) 16 August 1944
  • 8. Which newspaper did the French journalist work for in 2008?
A) Der Landser
B) Le Figaro
C) Le Monde
D) La Provence
  • 9. Who was the older brother of Horst Rippert?
A) Ivan Rebroff
B) Gene Meredith
C) Hermann Korth
D) Robert Heichele
  • 10. What was Ivan Rebroff's birth name?
A) Robert Heichele
B) Hans-Rolf Rippert
C) Horst Rippert
D) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • 11. In what year did Horst Rippert become certain he was responsible for Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) 2003
B) 1972
C) 1944
D) 2008
  • 12. How long did Horst Rippert keep his claim private before revealing it?
A) 24 years
B) 64 years
C) 44 years
D) 84 years
  • 13. Where was Saint-Exupéry's wreckage discovered?
A) In Berlin
B) Near Cannes
C) South of Nice
D) South of Marseille
  • 14. What is the current status regarding the cause of Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) It remains unknown
B) It was confirmed to be Horst Rippert
C) It was confirmed to be Hermann Korth
D) It was confirmed to be Robert Heichele
  • 15. What documentation exists to verify Rippert's claim of reporting the kill over his radio?
A) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv logs
B) Luftwaffe radio transcripts
C) No surviving records
D) Allied intercepts
  • 16. Which political regime unilaterally promoted Saint-Exupéry as one of its members?
A) German Occupation
B) Third Republic
C) French Resistance
D) Vichy Regime
  • 17. Which French leader made a statement implying Saint-Exupéry supported Germany?
A) Georges Clemenceau
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) François Mitterrand
  • 18. What substance did Saint-Exupéry consume heavily due to depression?
A) Caffeine
B) Alcohol
C) Tobacco
D) Opium
  • 19. What was the specific goal of Saint-Exupéry's final reconnaissance mission?
A) Collecting intelligence on German troop movements
B) Dropping supplies to the resistance
C) Escorting a bomber squadron
D) Mapping the coastline of Corsica
  • 20. What type of aircraft was Saint-Exupéry flying during his final mission?
A) Supermarine Spitfire
B) Lockheed Lightning
C) P-51 Mustang
D) Messerschmitt Bf 109
  • 21. How many missions was Saint-Exupéry originally provisioned to fly after his reinstatement?
A) Nine
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Twenty
  • 22. What item was found by a fisherman in 1998?
A) A pilot's helmet
B) An identity bracelet
C) A flight logbook
D) A navigator's watch
  • 23. In what year did divers find the wreckage of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning?
A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2000
D) 1998
  • 24. Where was the aircraft wreckage eventually housed after its recovery?
A) The Corsican Air Museum
B) The French National Archives
C) Louvre Museum
D) Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
  • 25. What was the reaction of Saint-Exupéry to the promotion by the Vichy Regime?
A) Shock and dismay
B) Indifference
C) Amusement
D) Pride and gratitude
  • 26. Where did the final mission take off from?
A) Corsica
B) Le Bourget
C) Marseille
D) North Africa
  • 27. What official body confirmed the wreckage was from Saint-Exupéry's aircraft in 2004?
A) The French Ministry of Defense
B) The Vichy Historical Society
C) French Underwater Archaeological Department
D) The International Aviation Board
  • 28. In what year did Saint-Exupéry depart for Algiers?
A) 1939
B) 1945
C) 1943
D) 1941
  • 29. How long had Saint-Exupéry spent in North America before leaving for Algiers?
A) 36 months
B) 12 months
C) 27 months
D) 18 months
  • 30. What was Saint-Exupéry's age when he departed for Algiers?
A) 40
B) 38
C) 43
D) 48
  • 31. Who approved the exemption allowing Saint-Exupéry to fly despite his age?
A) General Dwight Eisenhower
B) General George Patton
C) General Ira Eaker
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 32. What physical limitation made checking for enemy aircraft difficult for Saint-Exupéry?
A) He could not turn his head leftwards
B) He suffered from tremors
C) He had a permanent limp
D) He had poor eyesight
  • 33. What model of aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly in his assigned unit?
A) Spitfires
B) P-51 Mustangs
C) B-17 Flying Fortresses
D) P-38 Lightnings
  • 34. How long was Saint-Exupéry's training period before his first mission?
A) One month
B) Two weeks
C) Seven weeks
D) Six months
  • 35. Why was Saint-Exupéry grounded for eight months?
A) He was injured in combat
B) He failed his physical examination
C) He refused to follow orders
D) He wrecked a P-38 due to engine failure
  • 36. Who intervened to reinstate Saint-Exupéry to flight duty?
A) The President of France
B) His squadron commander
C) General Ira Eaker
D) General Dwight Eisenhower
  • 37. What did Saint-Exupéry carry with him on his long solitary flights?
A) A radio transmitter
B) A lined notebook
C) A navigation map
D) A camera
  • 38. Why did Saint-Exupéry circle the airport for an hour after a flight?
A) To finish writing a report
B) To avoid landing in bad weather
C) To finish reading a novel
D) To conserve fuel
  • 39. Which aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly for the Groupe de reconnaissance II/33 after the 1940 German invasion?
A) S.S. Siboney
B) Bloch MB.174
C) P. L. Travers
D) Bevin House
  • 40. Where did Saint-Exupéry stay in Portugal before fleeing to the United States?
A) Asharoken
B) Hotel Astor
C) Hotel Palácio
D) Beekman Place
  • 41. What book series was The Little Prince intended to compete with?
A) Flight to Arras
B) Kingdom of the Rocks
C) Wind, Sand and Stars
D) Mary Poppins
  • 42. When was the manuscript for The Little Prince completed?
A) Late spring 1942
B) April 1943
C) October 1942
D) January 1941
  • 43. In which US village was part of The Little Prince written?
A) Manhattan
B) Asharoken
C) Oppède
D) Estoril
  • 44. What was the name of the ship Saint-Exupéry took to New York?
A) The Bevin
B) S.S. Siboney
C) Bloch MB.174
D) The Armée de l'Air
  • 45. What is the most famous work written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
A) Wind, Sand and Stars
B) Southern Mail
C) Night Flight
D) The Little Prince
  • 46. In which city was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born?
A) Toulouse
B) Paris
C) Marseille
D) Lyon
  • 47. When did Saint-Exupéry first learn to fly?
A) 1921
B) 1929
C) 1935
D) 1926
  • 48. Which company did Saint-Exupéry join in 1926?
A) Air France
B) Latécoère
C) Lufthansa
D) Aeroposta Argentina
  • 49. Where did Saint-Exupéry live in exile between 1941 and 1943?
A) United States
B) Morocco
C) Argentina
D) Switzerland
  • 50. What was the cause of death of Saint-Exupéry's father?
A) Rheumatic fever
B) A stroke
C) A plane crash
D) A heart attack
  • 51. What did Saint-Exupéry study at the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Architecture
B) Literature
C) Aviation engineering
D) Fine arts
  • 52. Where did Saint-Exupéry receive his pilot's wings?
A) Casablanca, Morocco
B) Lyon, France
C) Toulouse, France
D) Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 53. In which city did Saint-Exupéry live while running Aeroposta Argentina?
A) Cape Juby
B) Dakar
C) Lyon
D) Buenos Aires
  • 54. Which of his siblings died of rheumatic fever?
A) Louise
B) Marie
C) Jean
D) François
  • 55. What does the surname Saint-Exupéry reference?
A) The town of his birth
B) An ancient French mountain
C) A 5th-century bishop
D) A famous poet
  • 56. How did the death of his father change the family's social status?
A) They moved to Switzerland permanently
B) They became impoverished aristocrats
C) They lost their aristocratic title entirely
D) They gained wealth through inheritance
  • 57. What was the title of Saint-Exupéry's first novella?
A) The Little Prince
B) Night Flight
C) L'Aviateur
D) Courrier Sud
  • 58. In which magazine was L'Aviateur first published?
A) Aeroposta
B) The Silver Mail
C) Le Navire d'Argent
D) Prix Femina
  • 59. In what year was the book Courrier Sud published?
A) 1926
B) 1929
C) 1943
D) 1931
  • 60. Which mail route did Courrier Sud chronicle?
A) Paris-London
B) Casablanca-Dakar
C) New York-North Africa
D) Argentina-Chile
  • 61. What award did Night Flight win?
A) Goncourt
B) Pulitzer
C) Prix Femina
D) Nobel Prize
  • 62. What was the name of the airline Saint-Exupéry directed?
A) Aeroposta Argentina
B) Silver Ship Airways
C) Air France
D) Casablanca Mail
  • 63. Who did Saint-Exupéry marry in 1931?
A) Consuelo Suncin
B) Madame de B.
C) Pierre Chevrier
D) Hélène de Vogüé
  • 64. What was Consuelo Suncin's nationality?
A) Argentinian
B) Salvadoran
C) French
D) American
  • 65. What did Saint-Exupéry describe Consuelo as having?
A) A silent nature
B) A viper's tongue
C) A love for flying
D) A calm personality
  • 66. What pseudonym did Hélène de Vogüé use to write her biography of Saint-Exupéry?
A) Consuelo Suncin
B) Pierre Chevrier
C) Madame de B.
D) Nelly
  • 67. What was Hélène de Vogüé's role after Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) Director of Aeroposta
B) Wife
C) Literary executrix
D) Editor of L'Aviateur
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