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  • 1. When was the Statue of Liberty dedicated?
A) 1776
B) 1920
C) 1901
D) 1886
  • 2. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) Spain
  • 3. How tall is the Statue of Liberty from ground to torch?
A) 250 feet
B) 400 feet
C) 305 feet
D) 150 feet
  • 4. What material was used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Brick
B) Concrete
C) Granite
D) Marble
  • 5. What inscription is found at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?
A) July IV MDCCLXXVI
B) E Pluribus Unum
C) Give me your tired, your poor
D) Liberty or Death
  • 6. What architectural style is the Statue of Liberty designed in?
A) Gothic
B) Art Deco
C) Baroque
D) Neoclassical
  • 7. What is the statue's official name?
A) Liberty Enlightening the World
B) Liberty Monument
C) Statue of Peace
D) Freedom Goddess
  • 8. How many windows are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 25
D) 20
  • 9. What color was the Statue of Liberty originally when it was unveiled?
A) Bronze
B) Silver
C) Gold
D) Copper
  • 10. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Édouard de Laboulaye
C) Joseph Pulitzer
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 11. Who built the metal framework of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Joseph Pulitzer
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 12. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
A) A book
B) A torch
C) A sword
D) An olive branch
  • 13. What does the Statue of Liberty's left foot step on?
A) An olive branch
B) A rock
C) A book
D) A broken chain and shackle
  • 14. Who proposed a monument to commemorate U.S. independence?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Joseph Pulitzer
C) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
D) Édouard de Laboulaye
  • 15. What delayed the progress of the Statue of Liberty project?
A) The Spanish-American War
B) The American Civil War
C) World War I
D) The Franco-Prussian War
  • 16. Where was the torch-bearing arm of the Statue of Liberty displayed in 1876?
A) Madison Square Park, Manhattan
B) Liberty Island
C) Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
D) New York's first ticker-tape parade
  • 17. Who started a drive for donations to finish the Statue of Liberty project?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Joseph Pulitzer
C) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 18. What was the original name of Liberty Island?
A) Independence Island
B) Freedom Island
C) Liberty Island
D) Bedloe's Island
  • 19. Who did Bartholdi meet to discuss the Statue of Liberty idea in the United States?
A) George Washington
B) President Ulysses S. Grant
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 20. What was Bartholdi's initial project before proposing the Statue of Liberty?
A) Colossus of Rhodes
B) Statue of Freedom
C) The Lion of Belfort
D) Progress or Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
  • 21. Which other sculpture influenced Bartholdi's design for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Vercingétorix monument
B) Lion of Belfort
C) Sancarlone
D) Colossus of Rhodes
  • 22. What was the purpose of the Suez Canal lighthouse proposed by Bartholdi?
A) To honor Napoleon III
B) To guide ships at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal
C) To commemorate the Franco-Prussian War
D) To celebrate American independence
  • 23. What was Bartholdi's profession?
A) Architect
B) Engineer
C) Historian
D) Sculptor
  • 24. Who was consulted by Bartholdi to propose a design method for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Thomas Crawford
B) Eugène Delacroix
C) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
D) Jefferson Davis
  • 25. Who was responsible for financing the Statue of Liberty according to the announcement?
A) The American government
B) European monarchies
C) The French people
D) The Franco-American Union
  • 26. Who was a notable political figure that opposed the Statue of Liberty in France?
A) Charles Gounod
B) French monarchists
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) President Grant
  • 27. Which composer wrote a cantata for an event related to the Statue of Liberty?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Charles Gounod
  • 28. What was the title of Charles Gounod's cantata?
A) Liberty Enlightening the World
B) La Liberté éclairant le monde
C) Freedom in America
D) The Statue of Liberty Cantata
  • 29. How much copper did Eugène Secrétan donate for the statue?
A) 100,000 pounds (45,400 kg)
B) 50,000 pounds (22,700 kg)
C) 128,000 pounds (58,000 kg)
D) 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg)
  • 30. What was the arm of the Statue of Liberty called during the Centennial Exhibition?
A) The 'Colossal Arm'
B) Bartholdi's Marvel
C) Liberty's Torch
D) The Great American Arm
  • 31. Who was a young member of the American Committee responsible for fundraising?
A) Rutherford B. Hayes
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Eugène Secrétan
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 32. In which year did Bartholdi concentrate on completing the head of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 1882
B) 1884
C) 1879
D) 1877
  • 33. Where was the head and arm of the Statue of Liberty exhibited in 1878?
A) London International Exhibition
B) New York City Exhibition
C) Paris World's Fair
D) Berlin Industrial Show
  • 34. What material was used to insulate the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Cotton
B) Wood
C) Asbestos impregnated with shellac
D) Rubber
  • 35. What construction technique did Eiffel's design for the Statue of Liberty exemplify?
A) Concrete pouring
B) Masonry construction
C) Curtain wall construction
D) Bricklaying
  • 36. Who drove the first rivet into the skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) United States Ambassador Levi P. Morton
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Bartholdi
D) Maurice Koechlin
  • 37. Who decorated the Capitol that provoked intense criticism despite being a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Levi P. Morton
C) Constantino Brumidi
D) Bartholdi
  • 38. Which publication stated that no true patriot could countenance expenditures for bronze females?
A) The Washington Post
B) Harper's Weekly
C) The New York Times
D) The Wall Street Journal
  • 39. What shape were the fortifications of Fort Wood?
A) An eleven-point star
B) A hexagon
C) A rectangle
D) A circle
  • 40. Who was commissioned to design the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in 1881?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Charles Pomeroy Stone
C) Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
D) Richard Morris Hunt
  • 41. What was the shape of the pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt?
A) A truncated pyramid
B) A cube
C) A cylinder
D) An obelisk
  • 42. How many sides were identical in appearance on the pedestal?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) Five
  • 43. Who designed the structural framework for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Richard Morris Hunt
C) Joachim Goschen Giæver
D) Charles Pomeroy Stone
  • 44. In which year was the cornerstone of the pedestal laid?
A) 1885
B) 1883
C) 1886
D) 1884
  • 45. In what year did fundraising for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal begin in the U.S.?
A) 1882
B) 1886
C) 1884
D) 1888
  • 46. Who was asked to donate an original work for a fundraising auction?
A) Poet Emma Lazarus
B) Walt Whitman
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Mark Twain
  • 47. What was the initial reaction of Emma Lazarus when asked to write a poem about the statue?
A) She requested more time to think about it.
B) She immediately agreed and wrote it on the spot.
C) She asked for financial compensation.
D) She declined, stating she could not write a poem about a statue.
  • 48. Who vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) James Garfield
C) Grover Cleveland
D) Chester A. Arthur
  • 49. What was unique about the contributions published by Pulitzer in the New York World?
A) He began publishing the notes he received from contributors.
B) He only published contributions over $10.
C) He highlighted anonymous donors.
D) He offered prizes for the largest donations.
  • 50. Which city's residents donated $15 from a home for alcoholics?
A) Boston
B) Brooklyn
C) Philadelphia
D) Davenport, Iowa
  • 51. On what date did the French steamer Isère arrive in New York with the disassembled Statue of Liberty?
A) July 4, 1885
B) June 17, 1885
C) August 11, 1885
D) April 18, 1886
  • 52. How many people lined the docks to welcome the Isère?
A) Fifty thousand
B) Five hundred thousand
C) Two hundred thousand
D) One hundred thousand
  • 53. Over how many months were daily calls made to donate to the statue fund?
A) One month
B) Three months
C) Five months
D) Six months
  • 54. What percentage of the total donations were received in sums of less than one dollar?
A) 90 percent
B) 70 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 80 percent
  • 55. What structure was used to anchor Eiffel's iron framework during the reassembly of the statue?
A) Wooden beams
B) Steel I-beams within the concrete pedestal
C) Brick pillars
D) Stone columns
  • 56. Who supervised the cleanup of Bedloe's Island before the dedication?
A) Eiffel
B) Frederick Law Olmsted
C) General Charles Stone
D) Bartholdi
  • 57. Who was killed during the construction of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Francis Longo, a thirty-nine-year-old Italian laborer
B) Bartholdi
C) Eiffel
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 58. Where did the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication begin?
A) Madison Square
B) The Battery
C) Park Row
D) Fifth Avenue and Broadway
  • 59. Who was the grand marshal of the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication?
A) General Stone
B) Lesseps
C) President Grover Cleveland
D) Bartholdi
  • 60. Who concluded the speechmaking during the dedication ceremony?
A) Orator Chauncey M. Depew
B) President Grover Cleveland
C) Lesseps
D) Senator William M. Evarts
  • 61. Which group was offended by the restriction of women from Bedloe's Island during the dedication?
A) French committee members
B) General public
C) Area suffragists
D) New York committee members
  • 62. Who redesigned the torch in 1916?
A) President Woodrow Wilson
B) Bartholdi
C) Ralph Pulitzer
D) Gutzon Borglum
  • 63. In what year did President Franklin Roosevelt order the Statue of Liberty to be transferred to the National Park Service?
A) 1965
B) 1956
C) 1944
D) 1933
  • 64. What was done to the statue's rays during restoration in 1937?
A) Replaced entirely
B) Temporarily removed for rusted supports replacement
C) Repaired with copper sheathing
D) Coated with special plastic
  • 65. When was Liberty Island officially renamed from Bedloe's Island?
A) 1956
B) 1965
C) 1933
D) 1944
  • 66. Which U.S. President proclaimed Ellis Island as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Lyndon Baines Johnson
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 67. Who led the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Centennial Commission?
A) François Mitterrand
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Lee Iacocca
D) Bartholdi
  • 68. What was the significance of the Morse code message flashed on D-Day?
A) It signaled an attack plan
B) It announced the end of the war
C) It called for reinforcements
D) It spelled out 'V' for victory
  • 69. Who announced the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009?
A) Ken Salazar
B) Anthony Weiner
C) David Luchsinger
D) Barack Obama
  • 70. When did the Statue of Liberty close for installation of new elevators and staircases?
A) On July 4, 2009
B) On March 16, 2020
C) On October 29, 2011
D) In August 2004
  • 71. When did construction start on the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) On October 7, 2016
B) In August 2004
C) On July 4, 2009
D) On March 16, 2020
  • 72. How much did the new Statue of Liberty Museum cost?
A) $70 million
B) $60 million
C) $40 million
D) $50 million
  • 73. Who headed the fundraising for the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) Diane von Fürstenberg
B) David Luchsinger
C) Anthony Weiner
D) Ken Salazar
  • 74. When did the new Statue of Liberty Museum open?
A) In late October 2013
B) On May 16, 2019
C) On July 4, 2018
D) On October 28, 2012
  • 75. In which year were Liberty Island and Ellis Island ceded to the federal government?
A) 1900
B) 1850
C) 1776
D) 1800
  • 76. What is the maximum number of people who may purchase tickets for the combined ferry, pedestal, and crown per day?
A) 425
B) 600
C) 1000
D) 750
  • 77. How can visitors view the balcony around the torch if it is closed?
A) By climbing to the crown
B) Via webcam
C) Through a guided tour
D) Using binoculars from Liberty Island
  • 78. Which firm built the statue?
A) Freemasons
B) Pulitzer Press
C) American Committee
D) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
  • 79. Who placed a plaque on the cornerstone?
A) The Freemasons
B) Emma Lazarus Commemorative Committee
C) American Committee
D) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
  • 80. Who sculpted the group of statues honoring those associated with the Statue of Liberty?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Emma Lazarus
C) Philip Ratner
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 81. In what year was the Statue of Liberty designated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument?
A) 1976
B) 1984
C) 1965
D) 1924
  • 82. When were the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1984
B) 1971
C) 2017
D) 1966
  • 83. In which year was the Statue of Liberty designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1976
B) 1965
C) 1997
D) 1984
  • 84. Which coin series features an image of the Statue of Liberty on its reverse side?
A) State Quarters series
B) Centennial commemorative coins
C) American Eagle platinum bullion coins
D) Presidential Dollar series
  • 85. In which Hitchcock film is the Statue of Liberty's torch the setting for the climax?
A) Saboteur (1942)
B) Rear Window
C) North by Northwest
D) Psycho
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