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  • 1. In which French region is the Dijon campus located?
A) Normandy
B) Burgundy
C) Lorraine
D) French Riviera
  • 2. In what year was the Dijon campus created?
A) 2007
B) 2001
C) 2005
D) 2000
  • 3. What type of building houses the Dijon campus?
A) A medieval fortress
B) A modern glass building
C) A 19th-century building
D) An 18th-century heritage site
  • 4. What is the regional specialisation of the Dijon campus?
A) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
B) French-German relations
C) The Euro-Asian Programme
D) The European Union, specifically Central and Eastern Europe
  • 5. In which language is the regional specialisation taught at the Dijon campus?
A) English
B) German
C) Russian
D) French
  • 6. Which of the following is an elective language offered at the Dijon campus?
A) Chinese
B) Hungarian
C) Japanese
D) Arabic
  • 7. Which of these languages is offered as an elective at Dijon?
A) Turkish
B) Polish
C) Swedish
D) Korean
  • 8. Which Central-Eastern European language is an elective option at Dijon?
A) Romanian
B) Italian
C) Hebrew
D) Spanish
  • 9. Is Russian offered as an elective language at the Dijon campus?
A) Yes
B) Only as a core language
C) Only for graduate students
D) No
  • 10. Which Slavic language, other than Russian and Polish, is offered as an elective at Dijon?
A) Serbian
B) Czech
C) Croatian
D) Slovak
  • 11. On the coast of which French region is Le Havre located?
A) French Riviera
B) Normandy
C) Burgundy
D) Lorraine
  • 12. Which undergraduate programme has Le Havre hosted since 2007?
A) Euro-Asian Programme
B) French-German relations Programme
C) Central and Eastern European Programme
D) Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Programme
  • 13. In which language is the Euro-Asian Programme at Le Havre taught?
A) Chinese
B) German
C) English
D) French
  • 14. Which elective languages are offered at the Le Havre campus?
A) Chinese, Japanese and Korean
B) German, Italian and Spanish
C) Hungarian, Polish and Czech
D) Arabic, Turkish and Persian
  • 15. What special language courses are available at Le Havre for students without a B1-equivalent level?
A) English as a Foreign Language
B) French as a Foreign Language
C) Basic Chinese
D) Introductory Spanish
  • 16. Where do students at Le Havre primarily choose to spend their third year abroad?
A) In an Asian country
B) In Central Europe
C) In Germany
D) In the Middle East
  • 17. In which year did Le Havre start hosting the Euro-Asian Programme?
A) 2005
B) 2007
C) 2000
D) 2001
  • 18. In which French Riviera city is a Sciences Po campus established?
A) Nice
B) Cannes
C) Menton
D) Marseille
  • 19. In what year was the Menton campus established?
A) 2007
B) 2001
C) 2000
D) 2005
  • 20. What type of building houses the Menton campus?
A) A medieval castle
B) An entirely renovated 19th-century building overlooking the Mediterranean
C) A modern coastal skyscraper
D) An 18th-century heritage site
  • 21. What is the regional specialisation of the Menton campus?
A) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
B) The European Union and French-German relations
C) Central and Eastern Europe
D) East Asia
  • 22. How many students does the Menton campus welcome each year according to the brochure?
A) 1000 students
B) 100 students
C) 300 students
D) 500 students
  • 23. Through how many language tracks is the undergraduate programme at Menton taught?
A) Two language tracks (French or English)
B) Three language tracks (French, English and German)
C) Four language tracks including Asian languages
D) A single track taught only in French
  • 24. Which of the following is an elective language offered at Menton?
A) Chinese
B) Arabic
C) Hungarian
D) Swedish
  • 25. Which Middle Eastern language besides Arabic is offered as an elective at Menton?
A) Japanese
B) Korean
C) Turkish
D) Czech
  • 26. Which European elective languages are available at the Menton campus?
A) Russian and Czech
B) Italian and Spanish
C) German and Swedish
D) Polish and Romanian
  • 27. Which language elective at Menton is written in the Perso-Arabic script and is spoken in Iran?
A) Hebrew
B) Turkish
C) Arabic
D) Persian
  • 28. Which Semitic language is offered as an elective at Menton?
A) Turkish
B) Romanian
C) Persian
D) Hebrew
  • 29. Where is the third mandatory year abroad spent for students from Menton?
A) Strictly in Eastern Europe
B) Only in Asia
C) In the Middle East or elsewhere
D) Exclusively in Germany
  • 30. In which French region is the Nancy campus established?
A) Lorraine
B) Normandy
C) French Riviera
D) Burgundy
  • 31. In what year was the Nancy campus established?
A) 2000
B) 2005
C) 2001
D) 2007
  • 32. What is the name of the 18th-century heritage site where the Nancy campus is located?
A) Château de Nancy
B) Hôtel des Missions Royales
C) Hôtel de Ville
D) Palais Bourbon
  • 33. In which languages is the curriculum at the Nancy campus taught?
A) English and Chinese
B) French, English and German
C) French and Arabic
D) Only in French
  • 34. What does the regional specialisation at the Nancy campus focus on?
A) The European Union and French-German relations
B) The Euro-Asian Programme
C) The Middle Eastern and the Mediterranean
D) Central and Eastern Europe
  • 35. Which of the following is listed as an elective language at Nancy?
A) Hungarian
B) Arabic
C) German
D) Chinese
  • 36. Besides German, English, and French as a foreign language, which Nordic language is offered as an elective at Nancy?
A) Danish
B) Norwegian
C) Swedish
D) Finnish
  • 37. Which campus is located in a 19th-century building in Burgundy?
A) Nancy
B) Dijon
C) Le Havre
D) Menton
  • 38. Which campus hosts the Euro-Asian Programme?
A) Le Havre
B) Dijon
C) Menton
D) Nancy
  • 39. Which campus is housed in the Hôtel des Missions Royales?
A) Nancy
B) Le Havre
C) Menton
D) Dijon
  • 40. What is the formal name of Sciences Po?
A) National University of Paris
B) French Institute of Political Science
C) École libre des sciences politiques
D) Paris Institute of Political Studies
  • 41. In which city is the main public research university of Sciences Po located?
A) Paris
B) Lyon
C) Marseille
D) Nice
  • 42. What legal status does Sciences Po hold?
A) Foreign institution
B) Lyceum
C) Grand établissement
D) Private academy
  • 43. What is the academic focus of each decentralized campus of Sciences Po?
A) A geopolitical part of the world
B) Agricultural sciences
C) Pure mathematics and logic
D) Specific medical technologies
  • 44. Who established the school in 1872?
A) Hippolyte Taine
B) Napoleon III
C) Émile Boutmy
D) Ernest Renan
  • 45. In the aftermath of which conflict was the school founded?
A) Franco-Prussian War
B) World War II
C) Napoleonic Wars
D) World War I
  • 46. What percentage of Sciences Po graduates were employed in the private sector as of 2021?
A) 50%
B) 80%
C) 92.5%
D) 20%
  • 47. When was the school nationalized and re-established as a public institution?
A) In 1872
B) Following World War II
C) Following the Franco-Prussian War
D) During World War I
  • 48. How must other Institutes of Political Studies in France refer to themselves?
A) Using only the epithet 'Sciences Po'
B) By using the title 'Paris Institute'
C) Followed by the names of the cities where they are located
D) By adopting a completely unrelated name
  • 49. Which association is Sciences Po a member of?
A) Global Alliance of Medical Schools
B) Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
C) International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
D) World Engineering Association
  • 50. In what month and year was the school established as the ELSP?
A) December 1871
B) November 1945
C) January 1872
D) July 1870
  • 51. Which of the following figures was part of the group that founded the ELSP?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Hippolyte Taine
C) Maximilien Robespierre
D) Napoleon III
  • 52. Which crisis contributed to the fears regarding the education of the French political elite?
A) The July Revolution
B) The French Revolution
C) The Paris Commune
D) The Hundred Years' War
  • 53. What innovative intellectual axis did the founders introduce?
A) Mandatory military service training
B) Focusing solely on ancient humanities
C) Teaching contemporary history
D) Strictly technical engineering courses
  • 54. Between 1901 and 1935, what percentage of entrants to the Grands corps de l'État had studied at the school?
A) 100%
B) 80%
C) 50%
D) 92.5%
  • 55. Which Italian school was created in 1875 following the model of the ELSP?
A) Bocconi University
B) Istituto Cesare Alfieri
C) Scuola Normale Superiore
D) Politecnico di Milano
  • 56. Which United States school created a School of Foreign Service after WWI, inspired by similar institutions?
A) Princeton University
B) Columbia University
C) Harvard University
D) Georgetown University
  • 57. In what year did the university establish a colonial studies program?
A) 1901
B) 1872
C) 1886
D) 1945
  • 58. When did the colonial branch of the ELSP close?
A) 1905
B) 1935
C) 1875
D) 1893
  • 59. What state-sponsored school was created in 1889, leading to the closure of the ELSP's colonial branch?
A) National School of Administration
B) Colonial School
C) Institute of Political Studies
D) School of Foreign Service
  • 60. Which decentralized campus is located in the Grand Est region alongside Nancy?
A) Le Havre
B) Menton
C) Paris
D) Reims
  • 61. Which decentralized campus is located in western-central France?
A) Le Havre
B) Poitiers
C) Menton
D) Dijon
  • 62. What was the name of the regime whose demise was counted among France's crises in 1870?
A) The Bourbon Restoration
B) The First French Empire
C) The Vichy Regime
D) Napoleon III's regime
  • 63. Who was among the founders of the ELSP alongside Émile Boutmy?
A) Georges Clemenceau
B) Ernest Renan
C) Maximilian I
D) Emile Zola
  • 64. What kind of institution was the ELSP originally created as?
A) A private institution
B) A state-owned military academy
C) A municipal secondary school
D) A public research university
  • 65. Who held the chair in colonial affairs at the ELSP?
A) Ernest Renan
B) Hippolyte Taine
C) Émile Boutmy
D) Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
  • 66. Which British institution was founded around the turn of the century, similar to the ELSP?
A) London School of Economics
B) University of Oxford
C) Edinburgh University
D) University of Cambridge
  • 67. Which Swiss graduate institute was created after World War I along the lines of political/foreign service schools?
A) Geneva Graduate Institute
B) ETH Zurich
C) University of Lausanne
D) University of Bern
  • 68. Which German school was created in the wave of similar political schools?
A) University of Munich
B) Deutsche Hochschule für Politik
C) University of Heidelberg
D) Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 69. Which US school's political science program originated from this global movement of political schools?
A) Columbia School of Political Science
B) Stanford University
C) Yale Law School
D) MIT Department of Economics
  • 70. In what year did Sciences Po undergo significant reforms?
A) 1945
B) 1944
C) 1939
D) 1950
  • 71. Which communist politician accused the school of being the "home of collaboration"?
A) Roger Seydoux
B) Michel Debré
C) Georges Cogniot
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 72. Who was the director of the school during the 1945 reforms?
A) Jacques Chapsal
B) Michel Debré
C) André Siegfried
D) Roger Seydoux
  • 73. Who was Roger Seydoux's aid?
A) Georges Cogniot
B) Roger Grégoire
C) Jacques Chapsal
D) Jules Jeanneney
  • 74. Who was described as the school's most famous professor?
A) André Siegfried
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Michel Debré
D) Roger Seydoux
  • 75. Who led France's Provisional Government that made the choice regarding the school's future?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Georges Cogniot
C) Roger Seydoux
D) André Siegfried
  • 76. How many campuses of Sciences Po are there in France?
A) Ten
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Nine
  • 77. From 1945, where were the Grands Corps de l'Etat obliged to recruit new entrants from?
A) FNSP
B) IEP de Paris
C) ENA
D) ELSP
  • 78. Which historic crisis occurred during Jacques Chapsal's directorship?
A) The Equal Opportunity crisis
B) The French Revolution
C) May 68 crisis
D) The 2012 Financial crisis
  • 79. In what year was the Presses de Sciences Po created?
A) 2001
B) 1960
C) 1976
D) 1956
  • 80. When did Sciences Po create its first PhD program?
A) 1947
B) 1956
C) 1960
D) 1976
  • 81. What center for political research was created in 1960?
A) FNSP
B) CEVIPOF
C) Presses de Sciences Po
D) The Equal Opportunity Program
  • 82. Which foundation provided significant donations to the FNSP?
A) Ford Foundation
B) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
C) Carnegie Foundation
D) Rockefeller Foundation
  • 83. Who led Sciences Po between 1987 and 1997?
A) Jacques Chapsal
B) Roger Seydoux
C) Richard Descoings
D) Alain Lancelot
  • 84. What new requirement was introduced for all undergraduate students under Descoings?
A) Work at the CEVIPOF
B) Spend a year abroad
C) Complete a mandatory PhD program
D) Pass the ENA entrance exam
  • 85. What type of curriculum was introduced by Richard Descoings?
A) An exam-free curriculum
B) A multilingual curriculum
C) A strictly French-only curriculum
D) A purely scientific curriculum
  • 86. What was the proportion of scholarship students at Sciences Po in 2001?
A) 77.5 percent
B) 6 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 27 percent
  • 87. What was the proportion of scholarship students at Sciences Po by 2011?
A) 6 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 27 percent
  • 88. Who was appointed director of Sciences Po on March 1, 2013?
A) Mathias Vicherat
B) Frédéric Mion
C) Luis Vassy
D) Richard Descoings
  • 89. In what year was the School of Management and Innovation created?
A) 2016
B) 2013
C) 2021
D) 2015
  • 90. In late 2016, Sciences Po acquired the Hôtel de l'Artillerie located in which arrondissement of Paris?
A) 6th arrondissement
B) 7th arrondissement
C) 5th arrondissement
D) 8th arrondissement
  • 91. Which scandal hit Sciences Po in 2021?
A) The Duhamel scandal
B) The Gaza war protests
C) The Vicherat affair
D) The Boutmy crisis
  • 92. Which book mainly put forward the 2021 sexual violence scandal at Sciences Po?
A) Nouvel Obs
B) Sciences Po 2022
C) La Familia Grande
D) Le Monde
  • 93. Who was accused of raping his son, leading to his resignation as director of the National Foundation of Sciences Po?
A) Frédéric Mion
B) Luis Vassy
C) Mathias Vicherat
D) Olivier Duhamel
  • 94. When did Mathias Vicherat assume office as the new director of Sciences Po?
A) 28 September 2024
B) 1 March 2013
C) 22 November 2021
D) 13 March 2024
  • 95. Who was named interim director of Sciences Po on March 26, 2024?
A) Jean Bassères
B) Mathias Vicherat
C) Luis Vassy
D) Frédéric Mion
  • 96. When did Luis Vassy assume office as the new director of Sciences Po?
A) 28 September 2024
B) 26 March 2024
C) 22 November 2021
D) 13 March 2024
  • 97. What is the inter-campus tournament held at the end of the academic year also known as?
A) The Boutmy Tournament
B) The MiniCrit
C) The Saint-Guillaume Games
D) The Collégiades
  • 98. Around which boulevard are the buildings of the Paris campus concentrated?
A) Boulevard de Sébastopol
B) Boulevard Saint-Germain
C) Boulevard Saint-Michel
D) Boulevard Haussmann
  • 99. Since what year has the central library been housed at 27 rue Saint-Guillaume?
A) 2022
B) 1879
C) 2013
D) 2016
  • 100. Approximately how many undergraduate students does the Paris campus enroll?
A) 10,000
B) 3,000
C) 5,000
D) 1,000
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