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  • 1. Where is the École des Beaux-Arts located?
A) 14 rue Bonaparte
B) 6 rue de Furstenberg
C) rue de Rennes
D) 13 rue des Beaux-Arts
  • 2. Which of these artists was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
B) Georges Seurat
C) Eugène Delacroix
D) Gustave Moreau
  • 3. Where did Eugène Delacroix live from 1857 to 1863?
A) rue Jacob
B) 13 rue des Beaux-Arts
C) 14 rue Bonaparte
D) 6 rue de Furstenberg
  • 4. Who was the Prefect of the Seine responsible for the 1860s public works?
A) Napoleon III
B) Jacques Garcia
C) Richard Wagner
D) Georges-Eugène Haussmann
  • 5. Why did Haussmann decide not to turn the rue des Ecoles into a major boulevard?
A) He preferred the location of the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
B) The slope was too steep
C) The project was too expensive
D) The neighborhood residents protested
  • 6. When was the boulevard Saint-Germain finally completed?
A) 1889
B) 1871
C) 1900
D) 1860
  • 7. Which street connects the Montparnasse railroad station to the Seine?
A) rue des Ecoles
B) rue Bonaparte
C) rue de Rennes
D) rue des Beaux-Arts
  • 8. Where did Richard Wagner live for several months?
A) rue Jacob
B) rue de Rennes
C) rue de Furstenberg
D) rue Bonaparte
  • 9. At which hotel did Oscar Wilde spend his final days?
A) Hotel d'Alsace
B) L'Hotel
C) The Beaux-Arts Hotel
D) The Bonaparte Hotel
  • 10. When did Oscar Wilde die?
A) 13 November 1900
B) 30 November 1900
C) 30 November 1899
D) 30 November 1909
  • 11. Where was Oscar Wilde reburied in 1909?
A) A cemetery outside the city
B) Near the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
C) Montparnasse Cemetery
D) Pere Lachaise
  • 12. What is the current name of the hotel where Oscar Wilde died?
A) Hotel Bonaparte
B) Hotel d'Alsace
C) L'Hotel
D) Hotel Saint-Germain
  • 13. Who redecorated the hotel where Oscar Wilde died?
A) Jacques Garcia
B) Georges-Eugène Haussmann
C) Napoleon III
D) Richard Wagner
  • 14. Which of these architects graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Mary Cassatt
C) Pierre Bonnard
D) Charles Garnier
  • 15. The École des Beaux-Arts was built on the site of which former institution?
A) The Hotel d'Alsace
B) The monastery of the Petits-Augustins
C) The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
D) The Montparnasse railroad station
  • 16. On what date was the Treaty of Paris signed?
A) 2 September 1792
B) 14 July 1789
C) 4 July 1776
D) 3 September 1783
  • 17. Which of these individuals was part of the American delegation for the Treaty of Paris?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) John Jay
D) Marquis de Lafayette
  • 18. Why was the commemorative painting of the Treaty of Paris never finished?
A) Benjamin West died suddenly
B) The American delegation left early
C) The French government banned it
D) British delegates refused to pose
  • 19. What made Saint-Germain-des-Prés a center of revolutionary activity after 1789?
A) Its numerous printers and publishers
B) The proximity to the sea
C) The military barracks
D) The presence of the King's court
  • 20. What kind of materials did the printers in the Cordeliers Section produce?
A) Religious hymnals
B) Royal decrees
C) Scientific textbooks
D) Pamphlets, newspapers, and proclamations
  • 21. Who was the Swiss physician who lived in the Cordeliers Section?
A) Camille Desmoulins
B) Georges Danton
C) Arthur Young
D) Jean-Paul Marat
  • 22. What caused the explosion that wrecked a large part of the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) A revolutionary riot
B) A gunpowder storeroom
C) A structural fire
D) An artillery bombardment
  • 23. Who converted the Petits-Augustins monastery into a depot for art treasures?
A) Benjamin West
B) Alexandre Lenoir
C) Georges Danton
D) Arthur Young
  • 24. Where were the king and queen moved to for safety from the Tuileries Palace?
A) The Cordeliers Convent
B) Knights Templar towers
C) The Louvre
D) The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • 25. What weapons were used by the bands of criminals sent to the prisons in September 1792?
A) Cannons and grenades
B) Muskets and bayonets
C) Swords and pistols
D) Pikes and axes
  • 26. What did Arthur Young note about the streets outside the prisons in September 1792?
A) They ran red with blood
B) They were covered in protest leaflets
C) They were filled with celebratory crowds
D) They were deserted and quiet
  • 27. In what year did the Comédie-Française move to the rue des Fossés des Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) 1770
B) 1797
C) 1689
D) 1673
  • 28. Where was the first café in Paris established in 1672?
A) Rue de Buci
B) Rue Mazarine
C) Saint-Germain Fair
D) Tuileries Palace
  • 29. What was the name of the Armenian who served the first coffee at the Saint-Germain Fair?
A) Maliban
B) Procopio
C) Grigoire
D) Pascal
  • 30. Who renamed the café on rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain to 'Procope'?
A) Maliban
B) Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli
C) Pascal
D) Grigoire
  • 31. Which famous work is said to have been planned at the Café Procope?
A) The Encyclopédie
B) The History of the Abbey
C) The Memoirs of Margaret of Valois
D) The Comédie-Française Plays
  • 32. Besides the Café Procope, where else did Diderot and d'Alembert plan their work?
A) The Odéon Theatre
B) The Tuileries Palace
C) The Institut de France
D) Café Landelle
  • 33. Where did the Comédie-Française move in 1797?
A) The modern Odéon Theatre
B) Rue de Buci
C) The rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie
D) The Tuileries Palace
  • 34. In which arrondissement of Paris is the quarter of Saint-Germain-des-Prés located?
A) 7th
B) 5th
C) 6th
D) 4th
  • 35. What is the name for the residents of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter?
A) Parisiens
B) Existentialistes
C) Germanopratins
D) Lutéciens
  • 36. Which river forms the northern border of Saint-Germain-des-Prés?
A) River Rhône
B) River Loire
C) River Seine
D) River Marne
  • 37. Which intellectual movement was centered in Saint-Germain-des-Prés during the 1940s and 1950s?
A) Surrealism
B) Impressionism
C) Existentialism
D) Romanticism
  • 38. What does the name 'prés' in Saint-Germain-des-Prés refer to?
A) Palaces
B) Fields
C) Prisons
D) Priests
  • 39. Who founded the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th century?
A) Childebert I
B) Philip Augustus
C) Charlemagne
D) Clovis I
  • 40. What relic was gifted to Childebert I by the bishop of Zaragoza?
A) The remains of Germain
B) A crown of thorns
C) Saint Vincent's stole
D) The Holy Cross
  • 41. Which group plundered and set fire to the monastery in the ninth century?
A) The Normans
B) The Romans
C) The Visigoths
D) The Huns
  • 42. Who rededicated the Abbey church in 1163?
A) Childebert I
B) Pope Alexander III
C) Pope Innocent II
D) Germain of Paris
  • 43. Which French king built the first recorded walls around Paris, leaving Saint-Germain-des-Prés outside?
A) Childebert I
B) Clovis I
C) Philip Augustus
D) Louis XIV
  • 44. Which dynasty of kings used the Abbey church as their burial place?
A) Merovingian
B) Carolingian
C) Bourbon
D) Capetian
  • 45. What was the Saint-Germain fair's status during the Middle Ages?
A) A military fortress
B) A maritime port
C) An important marketplace
D) A royal palace
  • 46. In what year was the Foire Saint-Germain already famous?
A) 1482
B) 1762
C) 1512
D) 1176
  • 47. What portion of profits did the fair allocate to the King in 1176?
A) Half
B) One quarter
C) All of the profits
D) One third
  • 48. When did the fair begin to open on 1 October?
A) 1486
B) 1176
C) 1482
D) 1762
  • 49. How many days did the fair last when it began on 1 October 1482?
A) Two months
B) Three weeks
C) Fifteen days
D) Eight days
  • 50. How many stalls were at the fair in 1483?
A) 516
B) 340
C) 100
D) 200
  • 51. In what year were special buildings erected containing 516 stalls?
A) 1486
B) 1512
C) 1483
D) 1762
  • 52. Which group was known to invade the fair and cause riots?
A) Disgruntled merchants
B) Rowdy students
C) Peasant farmers
D) The King's guards
  • 53. When did the fair buildings burn down?
A) 15 April 1789
B) 17–18 March 1762
C) 2 February 1512
D) 1 October 1482
  • 54. What was the population of the 6th arrondissement in 1921?
A) 83,963
B) 19,200
C) 101,584
D) 47,942
  • 55. What percentage of residences had indoor toilets in the postwar years?
A) 23 percent
B) 42 percent
C) 19 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 56. What percentage of residences had their own showers or baths in the postwar years?
A) 10 percent
B) 42 percent
C) 18 percent
D) 23 percent
  • 57. By 1990, what was the population of the 6th arrondissement?
A) 101,584
B) 83,963
C) 55,000
D) 47,942
  • 58. What percentage of the population did workers represent in the quarter in 1954?
A) 42 percent
B) 19.2 percent
C) 18.1 percent
D) 23 percent
  • 59. Which group frequently visited the Café de Flore and the Café Carrefour?
A) Communist politicians
B) The gay community
C) American soldiers
D) Factory workers
  • 60. What kind of political organization had an important bureau in the quarter?
A) The Liberal Party
B) The Royalist Party
C) The French Communist Party
D) The Socialist Party
  • 61. What was the population of the 6th arrondissement after the 1921 count?
A) 47,942
B) 60,000
C) 83,963
D) 101,584
  • 62. Which jazz club was the first to open in 1945?
A) Le Vieux-Columbier
B) Caveau des Lorientais
C) Rose Rouge
D) Le Tabou
  • 63. Which musical style was introduced by Claude Luter and his band at the Caveau des Lorientais?
A) Bebop
B) New Orleans Jazz
C) Rock and roll
D) Classical jazz
  • 64. Which of these was NOT listed as one of the clubs that followed the Caveau des Lorientais?
A) Salle Pleyel
B) Rose Rouge
C) Le Vieux-Columbier
D) Le Tabou
  • 65. Who was a prominent trumpeter mentioned in the text?
A) André Rewellotty
B) Boris Vian
C) Henri Salvador
D) Claude Luter
  • 66. Which singer is mentioned as a performer in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés jazz scene?
A) Juliette Gréco
B) Mezz Mezzrow
C) Sidney Bechet
D) Boris Vian
  • 67. Who controlled access to the jazz clubs?
A) Doormen
B) University professors
C) Local police
D) The musicians
  • 68. In what year did Sidney Bechet headline at the Olympia music hall?
A) 1945
B) 1960
C) 1955
D) 1949
  • 69. Where was the literary life of Paris centered after World War II?
A) Montmartre
B) Saint-Germain-des-Prés
C) The Marais
D) The Latin Quarter
  • 70. Which politician did Jean-Paul Sartre admire after breaking with the Communist Party?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Fidel Castro
C) Winston Churchill
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 71. Which Paris Métro station serves the area?
A) Mabillon
B) Louvre-Rivoli
C) Châtelet
D) Bastille
  • 72. What led to many publishers moving out of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area by 2009?
A) Gentrifying real estate values
B) Strict government regulations
C) Lack of space
D) A decline in tourism
  • 73. Which Egyptian writer lived in a hotel in the district during the later part of his life?
A) Alaa Al Aswany
B) Nagui Mahfouz
C) Taha Hussein
D) Albert Cossery
  • 74. Why is Saint-Germain-des-Prés considered less fashionable as a residential address today?
A) Increased popularity among tourists
B) High crime rates
C) Lack of cultural institutions
D) Lack of public transportation
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