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