Bibliothèque nationale de France - Quiz
Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • 1. Which street is located to the north of the Richelieu site?
A) Rue de Richelieu
B) Rue Vivienne
C) Rue des Petits-Champs
D) Rue Colbert
  • 2. How long was the Richelieu site the main location of the library?
A) 50 years
B) 275 years
C) 300 years
D) 100 years
  • 3. Who were the architects responsible for the comprehensive renovation of the Richelieu site?
A) Bouygues
B) Dominique Perrault
C) Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal
D) François Mitterrand
  • 4. When did François Mitterrand announce the construction of the new library?
A) July 1989
B) 14 July 1988
C) August 2016
D) 15 December 1996
  • 5. Which firm was responsible for the construction of the François-Mitterrand site?
A) Bouygues
B) Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
C) École Nationale des Chartes
D) Gaudin & Brégal
  • 6. What nickname, sarcastically referring to the TGV, was given to the François-Mitterrand site?
A) BNF
B) TGV
C) Mitterrand Library
D) TGB
  • 7. In what year was the National Library of France inaugurated at its new site?
A) 2016
B) 1989
C) 1996
D) 1988
  • 8. Approximately how many books did the BnF contain as of 2016 across its four sites?
A) 14 million
B) 20 million
C) 10 million
D) 5 million
  • 9. Which of these is NOT one of the four Parisian sites of the BnF?
A) Versailles
B) Richelieu
C) Opéra
D) Arsenal
  • 10. When was the wireless network fully installed at the François-Mitterrand site?
A) July 1989
B) December 1996
C) August 2016
D) July 1988
  • 11. The Manuscripts department houses the largest collection of which type of documents worldwide?
A) Coins and medals
B) Medieval and modern manuscripts
C) Sound and video documents
D) Printed maps and plans
  • 12. How many Ancient Greek manuscripts are held by the library?
A) About 10,000
B) About 5,000
C) About 1,000
D) About 500
  • 13. Which of the following is NOT a fund of the Ancient Greek manuscripts?
A) Fonds Mitterrand
B) Ancien fonds grec
C) Fonds du Supplément grec
D) fonds Coislin
  • 14. Which of these authors is explicitly mentioned as having manuscripts in the BnF collection?
A) Flaubert
B) Balzac
C) Proust
D) Victor Hugo
  • 15. In which room is the library of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art housed?
A) Saller Labrouste
B) Salle Mitterrand
C) Salle des Manuscrits
D) Salle Richelieu
  • 16. Which government entity supervises the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Ministry of Interior
B) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
C) Ministry of Culture
D) Ministry of Education
  • 17. Who founded the original royal library at the Louvre Palace in 1368?
A) Francis I
B) Charles V
C) Charles VI
D) Louis XI
  • 18. What is the former name of the BnF Museum located at the Richelieu site?
A) Bibliothèque du Roi
B) Palais de la Cité
C) Hôtel Tubeuf
D) Cabinet des Médailles
  • 19. Who was the first librarian of record at the library founded by Charles V?
A) Jean Blanchet
B) Claude Mallet
C) Jean de Bégue
D) Jacques Amyot
  • 20. What happened to the first collection of the royal library in 1424?
A) Moved to Fontainebleau
B) Transferred to England
C) Donated to the Church
D) Destroyed by fire
  • 21. Which king incorporated the Blois library into the Bibliothèque du Roi?
A) Charles VIII
B) Henry II
C) Francis I
D) Louis XII
  • 22. Where did Francis I transfer the royal library collection in 1534?
A) Blois
B) Fontainebleau
C) Paris
D) Milan
  • 23. When did the library officially open to the public?
A) 1692
B) 1868
C) 1789
D) 1666
  • 24. What event in 1721 provided space for the library to expand at Hôtel Tubeuf?
A) The expulsion of the Jesuits
B) The collapse of the Mississippi Company
C) The French Revolution
D) The death of Louis XIV
  • 25. What did Napoleon order regarding provincial libraries?
A) Books were to be sold to fund the Napoleonic wars
B) All books not in the national collection should be forwarded to it
C) The National Library was to send its duplicates to the provinces
D) All provincial libraries were to be shut down
  • 26. Which architectural feature was added to the library by Jean-Louis Pascal?
A) The Oval Room
B) The main entrance gate
C) The underground vaults
D) The Louvre wing
  • 27. What hazard led to the removal of four books from public access in 2024?
A) Radioactive materials in the binding
B) Lead-based ink
C) Mold contamination
D) Arsenic in the green pigments
  • 28. What is the name of the digital library for the Bibliothèque nationale de France?
A) Toute la mémoire du monde
B) Gallica
C) Le Père Duchesne
D) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
  • 29. In what year was Gallica established?
A) 1956
B) 2010
C) 1871
D) 1997
  • 30. What technology allows for full-text search in Gallica's collections?
A) Digital imaging
B) OCR-processing
C) ARK identification
D) Manuscript indexing
  • 31. What is the specific digital identifier used by the National Library of France for its documents?
A) ISBN
B) URL
C) ARK
D) OCR
  • 32. Who directed the 1956 short film about the library?
A) Henri Murger
B) Le Père Duchesne
C) Alain Resnais
D) Raoul Rigault
  • 33. Which newspaper was Raoul Rigault known for reading at the library?
A) Scenes of Bohemian Life
B) Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies
C) Le Père Duchesne
D) Toute la mémoire du monde
  • 34. On what date was the ten millionth document added to Gallica?
A) October 1997
B) 30 March 2023
C) 10 February 2010
D) February 2019
  • 35. What is the status of the library materials available on Gallica?
A) Paid rental
B) Subscription based
C) Restricted access
D) Freely available
  • 36. Where is the manuscript 'Record of an Unsuccessful Trip to the West Indies' stored?
A) Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
B) Gallica
C) The Paris Commune
D) Bibliothèque nationale de France
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