HIGHLIGHTS of PARIS QUIZ MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1. Which Facts

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PARIS

QUIZ

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Which facts about Paris are true?

I.) Paris is located on the continent of Europe.

II.) You will find it in the bottom part of the country, the southern part.

III.) Paris is the capital of France.

IV.) Paris is quite a young country, only two hundred years old.

THESE FACTS ARE TRUE: a.) Fact I. and III. b.) Fact II. and IV. c.) All of the above facts d.) None of the above facts

FILL IN THE BLANK:

2. The river that runs through the city, called the Seine, splits Paris into two parts. These parts are called the______and the ______.

MATCHING OF FAMOUS PARIS LANDMARKS/BUILDINGS:

Eiffel Tower City Hall

Hotel Des Invalides This sits at the end of the Champs Elysee

Conciergerie Built for the World’s Fair

Hotel de Ville A prison during the French Revolution

Pompidou Centre A modern, inside-out building

Arc de Triomphe Originally a hospital/retirement for soldiers

MATCHING OF ART MUSEUMS AND THEIR CONTENTS:

Rodin Museum “The Thinker”

Musee D’ Orsay The “Mona Lisa”

The Louvre Museum Many Impressionist Paintings

MATCHING OF GREEN SPACES/GARDENS:

Champ- de- Mars Most popular park in Paris

Luxembourg Gardens By the Louvre, more than 500 years old

Tuileries Gardens Was a military parade ground for marching

MATCHING OF CHURCHES:

Notre Dame Some call it “the most beautiful church in Paris”

Paris Mosque Dates back to 1100 A.D., Gothic Cathedral

St. Chapelle Located in the Latin Quarter

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

7. The one and only skyscraper in Paris is call the:

a.) Montparnasse Tower

b.) Eiffel Tower

c.) Place de la Concorde

FILL IN THE BLANK:

8. At the back of Notre Dame, is a row of curved arches that help hold up the building. They are called f_____ b______.

9. The ______, built in 1875, is the largest theatre in the world.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

10. The last Royal Palace in France is the:

a.) Obelisk Palace

b.) Grand Palais (Grand Palace)

c.) Petit Palais (Small Palace)

d.) Palace at Versailles

***BONUS QUESTIONS***

FILL IN THE BLANK:

11. The Latin Quarter is so called because the original language of learning was ______, not English or French. One of the oldest universities in the world, the University of ______, is located in the Latin Quarter. The University is almost ______years old.

MATCHING:

12.

Pont Neuf (New Bridge) Pastries and desserts located here

Pont Alexandre III Paris subway system

Bastille Day Fanciest bridge in Paris

The Metro July 14th celebration

Napoleon Oldest of Paris’s 37 bridges

Boulangeries French Bread located here

Patisseries French Emperor/Army Leader

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