General French History

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1. What year did Jacques Cartier first travel up the St. Lawrence River? 1608 1492 1592 1534

2. What year was Quebec City founded by French settlers? 1634 1588 1642 1608

3. What was Henri IV's title before he became King of France? duke of Anjou King of Navarre Count of Blois King of Léon

4. Henri IV was the first king of what French dynasty? Bourbons Carolingiens Valois Angouleme

5. A Bourbon king still occupies which of the European thrones? Sweden France Spain Netherlands

6. Louis XV was the ____ of Louis XIV, the Sun-King. son nephew grandson great-grandson

7. He commanded the French 1st Army that landed with American troops in the south of France in 1944. General Leclerc De Gaulle Marechal Juin De Lattre de Tassigny

8. He led the French 2nd Armoured Division that took part in the liberation of Paris in the summer of 1944. De Gaulle General Leclerc Koenig Juin

9. He was not made Marechal de France by Napoleon? Murat Bernadotte Soult Moreau

10. He was prime minister of the Vichy Regime during World War II. De Gaulle Marechal Petain Laval Leon Blum

11. This French secret organization, of fascist sympathies, was very active in the 1930's, just prior to the Second World War. The Petainists Secret Army Organisation La Cagoule The French Patriots

12. He wrote the famous article 'J'Accuse!' to oppose the army's anti-semitism and treatment of captain Dreyfus. Emile Zola Victor Hugo Alexandre Dumas Eugene Sue

13. This famous French writer and aviator died during a reconnaissance mission he was flying during WWII. Anouilh Sartre Saint-Exupéry Camus

14. This was the SS Division composed of French volunteers that were among the last defenders of Berlin in 1945. Légion Petain Gardes du Roi French Free Forces Légion Charlemagne

15. Which of these powerful feudal lords was never a vassal of the King of France? Duke of Anjou Count of Champagne Count or Duke of Savoy Duke of Normandy

16. Which of these European territories was never ruled by a Bourbon sovereign? The Netherlands The Two Sicilies Modena Spain

17. The Bourbon prince known as the 'Grand Condé', a cousin of the King of France, led what revolt of the high nobility in the XVIIth century? La Gronde The Great Schism The Noble Mutineers La Fronde

18. He succeeded De Gaulle as president of the French Republic. Pompidou Mitterand Giscard d'Estaing Jospin

19. Students and worker protests almost toppled the French government in: May 1969 May 1968 December 1967 October 1970

20. He was the key player in the French victory at the World Cup of Soccer in 1998. What is his name? Michel Platini Zinedine Zidane Jean Tigana Alain Giresse