Select the statement that is FALSE about la Tour Eiffel

the guillotine used to be where the Eiffel Tower now stands

Which statement is FALSE about le metro, the Parisian subway system?

it is a dangerous way to travel

Which statement is TRUE about the Conciergerie?

it was a prison during the French Revolution

Which statement is FALSE about le Pantheon?

Napoleon's tomb is located here

Which is FALSE about Paris?

it is very difficult to navigate as a tourist

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1
If you leave the Louvre and head to the Champs-Elysees & l'Arc de Triomphe, you walk through..
le Jardin des Tuilieries
le Bois de Boulogne
le Quartier Latin
Versailles
2
Which building, a former hospital, is easily identified by its golden roof?
l'Opera
le Louvre
le Pantheon
les Invalides
3
Which modern art museum was built to look inside out?
le Louvre
le Pantheon
musee d'Orsay
le Centre Pompidou
4
What is this palace, which used to be a hunting lodge?
Versailles
le Bois de Boulogne
le Jardin des Tuilieries
la Defense
5
What is TRUE about Sacre Coeur?
it is in the 18th arrondisment
it used to be a hospital
it is in Versailles
it is a good example of Gothic architecture
6
Select the statement that is FALSE about la Tour Eiffel
built in 1889
the guillotine used to be where the Eiffel Tower now stands
it has 3 levels
it was used as a radio tower
7
Which building is easily identified by its green roof?
le Pantheon
les Invalides
la Place de la Concorde
l'Opera
8
What is the neighborhood that houses Sacre Coeur & le Moulin Rouge?
Montmartre
Versailles
le Quartier Latin
arrondisement
9
Which statement is FALSE about Notre Dame?
it took over 300 years to build
it is located near la Seine
Napoleon built it
it sits on the ile de la cite
10
Which statement is FALSE about le metro, the Parisian subway system?
there is a metro stop about every 500 meters
it is an inexpensive way to travel
there are over 300 stations
it is a dangerous way to travel
11
This large, public, informal park is east of the 16th arrondisement
Jardin des Tuilieries
le Quartier Latin
le Bois de Boulogne
l'ile de la cite
12
What is the business district of Paris, housing la Grande Arche & skyscrapers?
Versailles
Montmartre
la rive gauche
la Defense
13
Which statement is TRUE about the Conciergerie?
it is an impressionist art museum
it was a prison during the French Revolution
it is the oldest bridge in Paris
it is a former hospital, now a government building
14
Which statement is FALSE about le Pantheon?
it is a former church
it is a good example of Roman architecture
Napoleon's tomb is located here
it is now a government building
15
Select the location that is NOT pictured
les Invalides
le Champs-Elysees
La Place de l'Etoile
l'Arc de Triomphe
16
Qu'est-ce que c'est???
le Centre Pompidou
le Louvre
le Musee d'Orsay
Sacre Coeur
17
Which is FALSE about Paris?
the river that goes through Paris is called la Seine
it has one of the first working sewage systems
it has 20 arrondisements
it is very difficult to navigate as a tourist

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