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