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  • 1. Which street is located to the north of the Richelieu site?
A) Rue Colbert
B) Rue des Petits-Champs
C) Rue Vivienne
D) Rue de Richelieu
  • 2. How long was the Richelieu site the main location of the library?
A) 300 years
B) 50 years
C) 275 years
D) 100 years
  • 3. Who were the architects responsible for the comprehensive renovation of the Richelieu site?
A) Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal
B) Dominique Perrault
C) François Mitterrand
D) Bouygues
  • 4. When did François Mitterrand announce the construction of the new library?
A) July 1989
B) August 2016
C) 15 December 1996
D) 14 July 1988
  • 5. Which firm was responsible for the construction of the François-Mitterrand site?
A) Gaudin & Brégal
B) École Nationale des Chartes
C) Bouygues
D) Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
  • 6. What nickname, sarcastically referring to the TGV, was given to the François-Mitterrand site?
A) TGB
B) Mitterrand Library
C) TGV
D) BNF
  • 7. In what year was the National Library of France inaugurated at its new site?
A) 1989
B) 1988
C) 1996
D) 2016
  • 8. Approximately how many books did the BnF contain as of 2016 across its four sites?
A) 14 million
B) 5 million
C) 20 million
D) 10 million
  • 9. Which of these is NOT one of the four Parisian sites of the BnF?
A) Arsenal
B) Richelieu
C) Opéra
D) Versailles
  • 10. When was the wireless network fully installed at the François-Mitterrand site?
A) August 2016
B) July 1989
C) July 1988
D) December 1996
  • 11. The Manuscripts department houses the largest collection of which type of documents worldwide?
A) Printed maps and plans
B) Medieval and modern manuscripts
C) Coins and medals
D) Sound and video documents
  • 12. How many Ancient Greek manuscripts are held by the library?
A) About 1,000
B) About 5,000
C) About 500
D) About 10,000
  • 13. Which of the following is NOT a fund of the Ancient Greek manuscripts?
A) Ancien fonds grec
B) Fonds Mitterrand
C) fonds Coislin
D) Fonds du Supplément grec
  • 14. Which of these authors is explicitly mentioned as having manuscripts in the BnF collection?
A) Balzac
B) Flaubert
C) Victor Hugo
D) Proust
  • 15. In which room is the library of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art housed?
A) Salle Mitterrand
B) Salle des Manuscrits
C) Saller Labrouste
D) Salle Richelieu
  • 16. Which government entity supervises the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Culture
C) Ministry of Interior
D) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 17. Who founded the original royal library at the Louvre Palace in 1368?
A) Louis XI
B) Francis I
C) Charles V
D) Charles VI
  • 18. What is the former name of the BnF Museum located at the Richelieu site?
A) Palais de la Cité
B) Hôtel Tubeuf
C) Cabinet des Médailles
D) Bibliothèque du Roi
  • 19. Who was the first librarian of record at the library founded by Charles V?
A) Jean Blanchet
B) Jean de Bégue
C) Jacques Amyot
D) Claude Mallet
  • 20. What happened to the first collection of the royal library in 1424?
A) Donated to the Church
B) Transferred to England
C) Moved to Fontainebleau
D) Destroyed by fire
  • 21. Which king incorporated the Blois library into the Bibliothèque du Roi?
A) Louis XII
B) Henry II
C) Charles VIII
D) Francis I
  • 22. Where did Francis I transfer the royal library collection in 1534?
A) Blois
B) Fontainebleau
C) Milan
D) Paris
  • 23. When did the library officially open to the public?
A) 1789
B) 1666
C) 1692
D) 1868
  • 24. What event in 1721 provided space for the library to expand at Hôtel Tubeuf?
A) The collapse of the Mississippi Company
B) The French Revolution
C) The death of Louis XIV
D) The expulsion of the Jesuits
  • 25. What did Napoleon order regarding provincial libraries?
A) All provincial libraries were to be shut down
B) Books were to be sold to fund the Napoleonic wars
C) All books not in the national collection should be forwarded to it
D) The National Library was to send its duplicates to the provinces
  • 26. Which architectural feature was added to the library by Jean-Louis Pascal?
A) The main entrance gate
B) The Louvre wing
C) The underground vaults
D) The Oval Room
  • 27. What hazard led to the removal of four books from public access in 2024?
A) Lead-based ink
B) Arsenic in the green pigments
C) Mold contamination
D) Radioactive materials in the binding
  • 28. What is the name of the digital library for the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
B) Toute la mémoire du monde
C) Gallica
D) Le Père Duchesne
  • 29. In what year was Gallica established?
A) 1956
B) 1997
C) 1871
D) 2010
  • 30. What technology allows for full-text search in Gallica's collections?
A) OCR-processing
B) Manuscript indexing
C) ARK identification
D) Digital imaging
  • 31. What is the specific digital identifier used by the National Library of France for its documents?
A) ARK
B) URL
C) ISBN
D) OCR
  • 32. Who directed the 1956 short film about the library?
A) Henri Murger
B) Le Père Duchesne
C) Raoul Rigault
D) Alain Resnais
  • 33. Which newspaper was Raoul Rigault known for reading at the library?
A) Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies
B) Toute la mémoire du monde
C) Le Père Duchesne
D) Scenes of Bohemian Life
  • 34. On what date was the ten millionth document added to Gallica?
A) 10 February 2010
B) February 2019
C) 30 March 2023
D) October 1997
  • 35. What is the status of the library materials available on Gallica?
A) Freely available
B) Subscription based
C) Paid rental
D) Restricted access
  • 36. Where is the manuscript 'Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies' stored?
A) Bibliothèque nationale de France
B) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
C) The Paris Commune
D) Gallica
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