Scandal: The Dreyfus Affair

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

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

3. Was Dreyfus found guilty? Yes No

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

5. What was Dreyfus' background? Jewish Protestant Catholic 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? Hugo Zola Balzac de Maupassant

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? Promoted Executed Fled to England Imprisoned

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