Scandal: The Dreyfus Affair

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1. What career path had Alfred Dreyfus chosen? Education Medicine Army Politics

2. What charges were brought against Dreyfus in 1894? Libel Embezzlement Murder Treason

3. Was Dreyfus found guilty? Yes No

4. What was Devil's Island? Hospital Cemetary Asylum Prison

5. What was Dreyfus' background? Catholic Jewish Protestant German

6. Were secrets passed on after Dreyfus's conviction? Yes No

7. In what branch of the French army did Colonel Picquart work? Logistics Artillery Intelligence Medical Corps

8. Did Colonel Picquart inform his superiors of his discovery? Yes No

9. Was Esterhazy tried? Yes No

10. What famous French writer published a damning letter indicting the government for a cover up? de Maupassant Hugo Zola Balzac

11. Was Dreyfus found innocent at his second trial? Yes No

12. In 1899 who gave Dreyfus a pardon? Parole board Army President Prison governor

13. What became of Esterhazy, the real culprit? Executed Fled to England Imprisoned Promoted

14. Dreyfus's conviction was reversed in 1906. Did he re-enter the army? Yes No

15. When did the French Army admit they had been wrong? 1906 1935 1918 1995