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Rick Steves - Highlights of Paris: Eiffel and Monet to Crème Brûlée
Rick Steves - Highlights of Paris: Eiffel and Monet to Crème Brûlée
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Questions based on the Rick Steves video about Paris.
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1
Who is the father of Impressionism?
Claude Monet
Édouard Manet
Auguste Renoir
Georges Seurat
2
_____________________ is the city's highest point.
La Rive Gauche
La Défense
Montmartre
Le Marais
3
Today, la Place de la Révolution is called la Place ____________________
Jeanne d'Arc
du Tertre
de la Concorde
de la Bastille
4
The bouquinistes sell _____________________.
all of these things
books
newspapers
postcards
5
Saint Denis was __________________ for his faith.
banished
burned at the stake
beheaded
crucified
6
The Eiffel Tower was built in ______________.
1760
1860
1789
1889
7
Raw ground beef seasoned with egg, salt and pepper is called ___________________________.
le bifteck
le hamburger
le steak tartare
le steak frites
8
The decapitated St. Denis walked all the way to ________________ carrying ________________.
Le Marais/a cross
Montmartre/his head
La Seine/a Bible
Notre-Dame/his shoes
9
How many people are interred in the Catacombs?
4 million
5 million
6 million
3 million
10
What would you find in Les Catacombes?
costumes
paintings
musical instruments
bones
11
Après moi, la déluge, means "After me, the ________."
revolution
end
flood
war
12
The storming of which building signaled the beginning of the French Revolution?
Notre Dame
le Palais de Luxembourg
la Bastille
la Sorbonne
13
After his death, St. Denis...
prayed aloud
rose up to heaven
picked up his head and walked
sang a hymn
14
Where is the Latin Quarter?
north of the Seine
the Left Bank
the center of Paris
the Right Bank
15
Notre-Dame took ____________ years to complete.
200
100
50
150
16
Paris is split into two sections by the ____________ river.
Seine
Garonne
Rhône
Loire
17
__________________ is the patron saint of Paris.
St. Louis
St. Denis
St. Paul
St. Thomas
18
The Eiffel Tower is over ________________ feet tall.
3000
2000
2200
900
19
_______________________ is the best place to view the Eiffel Tower.
Place de la Concorde
Place du Tertre
Place Jeanne d'Arc
Place du Trocadéro
20
Who was the Sun King?
Louis XVI (16th)
Louis XIV (14th)
Louis XV (15th)
Louis IX (9th)
21
The slang word for book in French is _____________.
bouquet
bouquin
livret
livre
22
The main course is called _________________________.
le plat principal
l'entrée
le plateau de fromage
les hors d'oeuvres
23
The Musée d'Orsay used to be a __________________.
department store
prison
hotel
train station
24
The two sections split by the Seine are the ________________ and the _________________.
East Bank, West Bank
North Bank, South Bank
Arts Bank, Church Bank
Left Bank , Right Bank
25
You can find many Impressionist masterpieces in the _______________________.
Musée Carnavalet
Musée Grévin
Musée d'Orsay
Musée de l'Orangerie
26
The city of Paris began on the ____________________.
Rive Gauche
la Butte Montmartre
Île de la Cité
Rive Droite
27
What happened to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
They escaped.
They were hanged.
They were beheaded.
They were imprisoned.
