General French History

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

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? King of Navarre Count of Blois duke of Anjou King of Léon

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

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

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

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

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? Moreau Soult Murat Bernadotte

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. La Cagoule The French Patriots Secret Army Organisation The Petainists

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

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 Charlemagne French Free Forces Légion Petain Gardes du Roi

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 La Fronde The Noble Mutineers The Great Schism

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

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 Alain Giresse Jean Tigana Zinedine Zidane