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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Quiz
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  • 1. What did Rev. Hermann Korth publish in 1948 regarding the shoot-down hypothesis?
A) A biography of Saint-Exupéry
B) A personal memoir
C) War logs
D) A set of official German military records
  • 2. On what date did Korth claim a Fw 190 shot down a P-38 Lightning?
A) 30 July 1944
B) 1 August 1944
C) 31 July 1944
D) 16 August 1944
  • 3. Whose P-38 might have been the one Korth described, according to skeptics?
A) Robert Heichele
B) Gene Meredith
C) Horst Rippert
D) Ivan Rebroff
  • 4. Which magazine quoted a letter from Robert Heichele in 1972?
A) Der Landser
B) The Luftwaffe Gazette
C) La Provence
D) The Bundesarchiv Review
  • 5. What aircraft variant did Heichele claim to fly that caused skepticism due to it not being in service?
A) Messerschmitt Bf 109
B) Fw 190 A-8
C) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9
D) P-38 Lightning
  • 6. What is the name of the German military archive mentioned in the text?
A) Luftwaffe Historical Center
B) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv
C) Berlin War Records
D) German Air Force Archives
  • 7. When did Robert Heichele die?
A) 2008
B) 21 August 1944
C) 16 August 1944
D) 31 July 1944
  • 8. Which newspaper did the French journalist work for in 2008?
A) Le Monde
B) Der Landser
C) Le Figaro
D) La Provence
  • 9. Who was the older brother of Horst Rippert?
A) Ivan Rebroff
B) Robert Heichele
C) Hermann Korth
D) Gene Meredith
  • 10. What was Ivan Rebroff's birth name?
A) Hans-Rolf Rippert
B) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
C) Horst Rippert
D) Robert Heichele
  • 11. In what year did Horst Rippert become certain he was responsible for Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) 1944
B) 2003
C) 1972
D) 2008
  • 12. How long did Horst Rippert keep his claim private before revealing it?
A) 44 years
B) 64 years
C) 84 years
D) 24 years
  • 13. Where was Saint-Exupéry's wreckage discovered?
A) Near Cannes
B) In Berlin
C) South of Nice
D) South of Marseille
  • 14. What is the current status regarding the cause of Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) It remains unknown
B) It was confirmed to be Robert Heichele
C) It was confirmed to be Horst Rippert
D) It was confirmed to be Hermann Korth
  • 15. What documentation exists to verify Rippert's claim of reporting the kill over his radio?
A) Allied intercepts
B) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv logs
C) No surviving records
D) Luftwaffe radio transcripts
  • 16. Which political regime unilaterally promoted Saint-Exupéry as one of its members?
A) Third Republic
B) German Occupation
C) Vichy Regime
D) French Resistance
  • 17. Which French leader made a statement implying Saint-Exupéry supported Germany?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Philippe Pétain
C) François Mitterrand
D) Georges Clemenceau
  • 18. What substance did Saint-Exupéry consume heavily due to depression?
A) Tobacco
B) Caffeine
C) Opium
D) Alcohol
  • 19. What was the specific goal of Saint-Exupéry's final reconnaissance mission?
A) Dropping supplies to the resistance
B) Escorting a bomber squadron
C) Mapping the coastline of Corsica
D) Collecting intelligence on German troop movements
  • 20. What type of aircraft was Saint-Exupéry flying during his final mission?
A) Messerschmitt Bf 109
B) Lockheed Lightning
C) P-51 Mustang
D) Supermarine Spitfire
  • 21. How many missions was Saint-Exupéry originally provisioned to fly after his reinstatement?
A) Nine
B) Twenty
C) Five
D) Ten
  • 22. What item was found by a fisherman in 1998?
A) A navigator's watch
B) A flight logbook
C) An identity bracelet
D) A pilot's helmet
  • 23. In what year did divers find the wreckage of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning?
A) 2004
B) 2000
C) 2003
D) 1998
  • 24. Where was the aircraft wreckage eventually housed after its recovery?
A) Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
B) Louvre Museum
C) The Corsican Air Museum
D) The French National Archives
  • 25. What was the reaction of Saint-Exupéry to the promotion by the Vichy Regime?
A) Pride and gratitude
B) Indifference
C) Amusement
D) Shock and dismay
  • 26. Where did the final mission take off from?
A) North Africa
B) Marseille
C) Corsica
D) Le Bourget
  • 27. What official body confirmed the wreckage was from Saint-Exupéry's aircraft in 2004?
A) The International Aviation Board
B) The French Ministry of Defense
C) French Underwater Archaeological Department
D) The Vichy Historical Society
  • 28. In what year did Saint-Exupéry depart for Algiers?
A) 1943
B) 1945
C) 1941
D) 1939
  • 29. How long had Saint-Exupéry spent in North America before leaving for Algiers?
A) 18 months
B) 36 months
C) 27 months
D) 12 months
  • 30. What was Saint-Exupéry's age when he departed for Algiers?
A) 43
B) 38
C) 48
D) 40
  • 31. Who approved the exemption allowing Saint-Exupéry to fly despite his age?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) General Dwight Eisenhower
C) General George Patton
D) General Ira Eaker
  • 32. What physical limitation made checking for enemy aircraft difficult for Saint-Exupéry?
A) He had a permanent limp
B) He had poor eyesight
C) He could not turn his head leftwards
D) He suffered from tremors
  • 33. What model of aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly in his assigned unit?
A) P-38 Lightnings
B) B-17 Flying Fortresses
C) Spitfires
D) P-51 Mustangs
  • 34. How long was Saint-Exupéry's training period before his first mission?
A) Two weeks
B) One month
C) Seven weeks
D) Six months
  • 35. Why was Saint-Exupéry grounded for eight months?
A) He wrecked a P-38 due to engine failure
B) He refused to follow orders
C) He failed his physical examination
D) He was injured in combat
  • 36. Who intervened to reinstate Saint-Exupéry to flight duty?
A) The President of France
B) General Dwight Eisenhower
C) His squadron commander
D) General Ira Eaker
  • 37. What did Saint-Exupéry carry with him on his long solitary flights?
A) A camera
B) A navigation map
C) A lined notebook
D) A radio transmitter
  • 38. Why did Saint-Exupéry circle the airport for an hour after a flight?
A) To avoid landing in bad weather
B) To finish writing a report
C) To conserve fuel
D) To finish reading a novel
  • 39. Which aircraft did Saint-Exupéry fly for the Groupe de reconnaissance II/33 after the 1940 German invasion?
A) P. L. Travers
B) Bevin House
C) S.S. Siboney
D) Bloch MB.174
  • 40. Where did Saint-Exupéry stay in Portugal before fleeing to the United States?
A) Hotel Palácio
B) Asharoken
C) Hotel Astor
D) Beekman Place
  • 41. What book series was The Little Prince intended to compete with?
A) Flight to Arras
B) Wind, Sand and Stars
C) Mary Poppins
D) Kingdom of the Rocks
  • 42. When was the manuscript for The Little Prince completed?
A) Late spring 1942
B) October 1942
C) January 1941
D) April 1943
  • 43. In which US village was part of The Little Prince written?
A) Oppède
B) Estoril
C) Asharoken
D) Manhattan
  • 44. What was the name of the ship Saint-Exupéry took to New York?
A) S.S. Siboney
B) The Bevin
C) The Armée de l'Air
D) Bloch MB.174
  • 45. What is the most famous work written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
A) Night Flight
B) Southern Mail
C) Wind, Sand and Stars
D) The Little Prince
  • 46. In which city was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born?
A) Toulouse
B) Lyon
C) Paris
D) Marseille
  • 47. When did Saint-Exupéry first learn to fly?
A) 1921
B) 1929
C) 1926
D) 1935
  • 48. Which company did Saint-Exupéry join in 1926?
A) Latécoère
B) Air France
C) Lufthansa
D) Aeroposta Argentina
  • 49. Where did Saint-Exupéry live in exile between 1941 and 1943?
A) Morocco
B) Argentina
C) Switzerland
D) United States
  • 50. What was the cause of death of Saint-Exupéry's father?
A) Rheumatic fever
B) A heart attack
C) A plane crash
D) A stroke
  • 51. What did Saint-Exupéry study at the École des Beaux-Arts?
A) Architecture
B) Aviation engineering
C) Fine arts
D) Literature
  • 52. Where did Saint-Exupéry receive his pilot's wings?
A) Toulouse, France
B) Casablanca, Morocco
C) Lyon, France
D) Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 53. In which city did Saint-Exupéry live while running Aeroposta Argentina?
A) Cape Juby
B) Dakar
C) Buenos Aires
D) Lyon
  • 54. Which of his siblings died of rheumatic fever?
A) François
B) Louise
C) Marie
D) Jean
  • 55. What does the surname Saint-Exupéry reference?
A) The town of his birth
B) A 5th-century bishop
C) An ancient French mountain
D) A famous poet
  • 56. How did the death of his father change the family's social status?
A) They gained wealth through inheritance
B) They lost their aristocratic title entirely
C) They moved to Switzerland permanently
D) They became impoverished aristocrats
  • 57. What was the title of Saint-Exupéry's first novella?
A) Courrier Sud
B) L'Aviateur
C) Night Flight
D) The Little Prince
  • 58. In which magazine was L'Aviateur first published?
A) Prix Femina
B) Le Navire d'Argent
C) The Silver Mail
D) Aeroposta
  • 59. In what year was the book Courrier Sud published?
A) 1931
B) 1929
C) 1943
D) 1926
  • 60. Which mail route did Courrier Sud chronicle?
A) New York-North Africa
B) Argentina-Chile
C) Casablanca-Dakar
D) Paris-London
  • 61. What award did Night Flight win?
A) Prix Femina
B) Pulitzer
C) Goncourt
D) Nobel Prize
  • 62. What was the name of the airline Saint-Exupéry directed?
A) Air France
B) Casablanca Mail
C) Aeroposta Argentina
D) Silver Ship Airways
  • 63. Who did Saint-Exupéry marry in 1931?
A) Hélène de Vogüé
B) Pierre Chevrier
C) Consuelo Suncin
D) Madame de B.
  • 64. What was Consuelo Suncin's nationality?
A) American
B) Argentinian
C) Salvadoran
D) French
  • 65. What did Saint-Exupéry describe Consuelo as having?
A) A silent nature
B) A calm personality
C) A viper's tongue
D) A love for flying
  • 66. What pseudonym did Hélène de Vogüé use to write her biography of Saint-Exupéry?
A) Consuelo Suncin
B) Madame de B.
C) Pierre Chevrier
D) Nelly
  • 67. What was Hélène de Vogüé's role after Saint-Exupéry's death?
A) Editor of L'Aviateur
B) Director of Aeroposta
C) Literary executrix
D) Wife
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