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  • 1. When was the Statue of Liberty dedicated?
A) 1776
B) 1920
C) 1886
D) 1901
  • 2. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) France
D) England
  • 3. How tall is the Statue of Liberty from ground to torch?
A) 305 feet
B) 150 feet
C) 400 feet
D) 250 feet
  • 4. What material was used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Marble
B) Concrete
C) Granite
D) Brick
  • 5. What inscription is found at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?
A) July IV MDCCLXXVI
B) Give me your tired, your poor
C) Liberty or Death
D) E Pluribus Unum
  • 6. What architectural style is the Statue of Liberty designed in?
A) Baroque
B) Gothic
C) Art Deco
D) Neoclassical
  • 7. What is the statue's official name?
A) Statue of Peace
B) Freedom Goddess
C) Liberty Monument
D) Liberty Enlightening the World
  • 8. How many windows are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 25
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
  • 9. What color was the Statue of Liberty originally when it was unveiled?
A) Copper
B) Gold
C) Silver
D) Bronze
  • 10. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
A) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Édouard de Laboulaye
  • 11. Who built the metal framework of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
D) Joseph Pulitzer
  • 12. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
A) A sword
B) A torch
C) An olive branch
D) A book
  • 13. What does the Statue of Liberty's left foot step on?
A) A book
B) A broken chain and shackle
C) A rock
D) An olive branch
  • 14. Who proposed a monument to commemorate U.S. independence?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Joseph Pulitzer
  • 15. What delayed the progress of the Statue of Liberty project?
A) The Franco-Prussian War
B) The Spanish-American War
C) World War I
D) The American Civil War
  • 16. Where was the torch-bearing arm of the Statue of Liberty displayed in 1876?
A) Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
B) Liberty Island
C) New York's first ticker-tape parade
D) Madison Square Park, Manhattan
  • 17. Who started a drive for donations to finish the Statue of Liberty project?
A) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Édouard de Laboulaye
  • 18. What was the original name of Liberty Island?
A) Freedom Island
B) Bedloe's Island
C) Independence Island
D) Liberty Island
  • 19. Who did Bartholdi meet to discuss the Statue of Liberty idea in the United States?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) President Ulysses S. Grant
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 20. What was Bartholdi's initial project before proposing the Statue of Liberty?
A) Progress or Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
B) The Lion of Belfort
C) Statue of Freedom
D) Colossus of Rhodes
  • 21. Which other sculpture influenced Bartholdi's design for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Vercingétorix monument
B) Sancarlone
C) Lion of Belfort
D) Colossus of Rhodes
  • 22. What was the purpose of the Suez Canal lighthouse proposed by Bartholdi?
A) To guide ships at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal
B) To commemorate the Franco-Prussian War
C) To celebrate American independence
D) To honor Napoleon III
  • 23. What was Bartholdi's profession?
A) Architect
B) Engineer
C) Sculptor
D) Historian
  • 24. Who was consulted by Bartholdi to propose a design method for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Eugène Delacroix
B) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
C) Thomas Crawford
D) Jefferson Davis
  • 25. Who was responsible for financing the Statue of Liberty according to the announcement?
A) The French people
B) The American government
C) European monarchies
D) The Franco-American Union
  • 26. Who was a notable political figure that opposed the Statue of Liberty in France?
A) President Grant
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) French monarchists
D) Charles Gounod
  • 27. Which composer wrote a cantata for an event related to the Statue of Liberty?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Charles Gounod
  • 28. What was the title of Charles Gounod's cantata?
A) Liberty Enlightening the World
B) La Liberté éclairant le monde
C) The Statue of Liberty Cantata
D) Freedom in America
  • 29. How much copper did Eugène Secrétan donate for the statue?
A) 50,000 pounds (22,700 kg)
B) 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg)
C) 128,000 pounds (58,000 kg)
D) 100,000 pounds (45,400 kg)
  • 30. What was the arm of the Statue of Liberty called during the Centennial Exhibition?
A) Liberty's Torch
B) The 'Colossal Arm'
C) Bartholdi's Marvel
D) The Great American Arm
  • 31. Who was a young member of the American Committee responsible for fundraising?
A) Rutherford B. Hayes
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Eugène Secrétan
  • 32. In which year did Bartholdi concentrate on completing the head of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 1877
B) 1884
C) 1882
D) 1879
  • 33. Where was the head and arm of the Statue of Liberty exhibited in 1878?
A) Berlin Industrial Show
B) New York City Exhibition
C) Paris World's Fair
D) London International Exhibition
  • 34. What material was used to insulate the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Rubber
B) Wood
C) Cotton
D) Asbestos impregnated with shellac
  • 35. When were the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1966
B) 1971
C) 2017
D) 1984
  • 36. In which Hitchcock film is the Statue of Liberty's torch the setting for the climax?
A) Psycho
B) Saboteur (1942)
C) Rear Window
D) North by Northwest
  • 37. When did construction start on the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) On March 16, 2020
B) On October 7, 2016
C) In August 2004
D) On July 4, 2009
  • 38. Who was killed during the construction of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Bartholdi
B) Eiffel
C) Frederick Law Olmsted
D) Francis Longo, a thirty-nine-year-old Italian laborer
  • 39. In what year was the Statue of Liberty designated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument?
A) 1984
B) 1976
C) 1965
D) 1924
  • 40. Over how many months were daily calls made to donate to the statue fund?
A) Five months
B) One month
C) Six months
D) Three months
  • 41. Who supervised the cleanup of Bedloe's Island before the dedication?
A) General Charles Stone
B) Eiffel
C) Frederick Law Olmsted
D) Bartholdi
  • 42. Who was the grand marshal of the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication?
A) President Grover Cleveland
B) Bartholdi
C) Lesseps
D) General Stone
  • 43. In what year did fundraising for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal begin in the U.S.?
A) 1888
B) 1882
C) 1886
D) 1884
  • 44. Who placed a plaque on the cornerstone?
A) American Committee
B) Emma Lazarus Commemorative Committee
C) The Freemasons
D) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
  • 45. Who designed the structural framework for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Richard Morris Hunt
B) Joachim Goschen Giæver
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Charles Pomeroy Stone
  • 46. Where did the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication begin?
A) Fifth Avenue and Broadway
B) Park Row
C) The Battery
D) Madison Square
  • 47. Who led the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Centennial Commission?
A) François Mitterrand
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Lee Iacocca
D) Bartholdi
  • 48. Which publication stated that no true patriot could countenance expenditures for bronze females?
A) The Wall Street Journal
B) Harper's Weekly
C) The Washington Post
D) The New York Times
  • 49. Who announced the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009?
A) Ken Salazar
B) David Luchsinger
C) Barack Obama
D) Anthony Weiner
  • 50. Who sculpted the group of statues honoring those associated with the Statue of Liberty?
A) Emma Lazarus
B) Philip Ratner
C) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 51. When was Liberty Island officially renamed from Bedloe's Island?
A) 1933
B) 1965
C) 1944
D) 1956
  • 52. In which year was the cornerstone of the pedestal laid?
A) 1885
B) 1886
C) 1884
D) 1883
  • 53. What shape were the fortifications of Fort Wood?
A) A circle
B) A rectangle
C) A hexagon
D) An eleven-point star
  • 54. How many people lined the docks to welcome the Isère?
A) Five hundred thousand
B) Fifty thousand
C) One hundred thousand
D) Two hundred thousand
  • 55. What percentage of the total donations were received in sums of less than one dollar?
A) 90 percent
B) 80 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 70 percent
  • 56. Who vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884?
A) Grover Cleveland
B) Chester A. Arthur
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) James Garfield
  • 57. How much did the new Statue of Liberty Museum cost?
A) $40 million
B) $50 million
C) $70 million
D) $60 million
  • 58. Who was commissioned to design the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in 1881?
A) Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
B) Richard Morris Hunt
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Charles Pomeroy Stone
  • 59. What was done to the statue's rays during restoration in 1937?
A) Temporarily removed for rusted supports replacement
B) Coated with special plastic
C) Repaired with copper sheathing
D) Replaced entirely
  • 60. Which firm built the statue?
A) American Committee
B) Freemasons
C) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
D) Pulitzer Press
  • 61. When did the Statue of Liberty close for installation of new elevators and staircases?
A) In August 2004
B) On July 4, 2009
C) On March 16, 2020
D) On October 29, 2011
  • 62. How can visitors view the balcony around the torch if it is closed?
A) By climbing to the crown
B) Through a guided tour
C) Using binoculars from Liberty Island
D) Via webcam
  • 63. What was the initial reaction of Emma Lazarus when asked to write a poem about the statue?
A) She declined, stating she could not write a poem about a statue.
B) She immediately agreed and wrote it on the spot.
C) She asked for financial compensation.
D) She requested more time to think about it.
  • 64. On what date did the French steamer Isère arrive in New York with the disassembled Statue of Liberty?
A) April 18, 1886
B) June 17, 1885
C) August 11, 1885
D) July 4, 1885
  • 65. What was unique about the contributions published by Pulitzer in the New York World?
A) He only published contributions over $10.
B) He began publishing the notes he received from contributors.
C) He highlighted anonymous donors.
D) He offered prizes for the largest donations.
  • 66. When did the new Statue of Liberty Museum open?
A) On October 28, 2012
B) In late October 2013
C) On May 16, 2019
D) On July 4, 2018
  • 67. In what year did President Franklin Roosevelt order the Statue of Liberty to be transferred to the National Park Service?
A) 1956
B) 1933
C) 1944
D) 1965
  • 68. Which coin series features an image of the Statue of Liberty on its reverse side?
A) State Quarters series
B) Centennial commemorative coins
C) American Eagle platinum bullion coins
D) Presidential Dollar series
  • 69. Which city's residents donated $15 from a home for alcoholics?
A) Brooklyn
B) Davenport, Iowa
C) Boston
D) Philadelphia
  • 70. What construction technique did Eiffel's design for the Statue of Liberty exemplify?
A) Bricklaying
B) Masonry construction
C) Concrete pouring
D) Curtain wall construction
  • 71. Who drove the first rivet into the skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Maurice Koechlin
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Bartholdi
D) United States Ambassador Levi P. Morton
  • 72. What was the shape of the pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt?
A) A cube
B) A cylinder
C) A truncated pyramid
D) An obelisk
  • 73. What structure was used to anchor Eiffel's iron framework during the reassembly of the statue?
A) Steel I-beams within the concrete pedestal
B) Stone columns
C) Brick pillars
D) Wooden beams
  • 74. Which U.S. President proclaimed Ellis Island as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965?
A) Lyndon Baines Johnson
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 75. How many sides were identical in appearance on the pedestal?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 76. Who redesigned the torch in 1916?
A) Gutzon Borglum
B) Ralph Pulitzer
C) President Woodrow Wilson
D) Bartholdi
  • 77. Who headed the fundraising for the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) Ken Salazar
B) David Luchsinger
C) Anthony Weiner
D) Diane von Fürstenberg
  • 78. What is the maximum number of people who may purchase tickets for the combined ferry, pedestal, and crown per day?
A) 425
B) 750
C) 600
D) 1000
  • 79. Who was asked to donate an original work for a fundraising auction?
A) Mark Twain
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Walt Whitman
D) Poet Emma Lazarus
  • 80. In which year was the Statue of Liberty designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1997
B) 1976
C) 1984
D) 1965
  • 81. Which group was offended by the restriction of women from Bedloe's Island during the dedication?
A) General public
B) Area suffragists
C) New York committee members
D) French committee members
  • 82. Who decorated the Capitol that provoked intense criticism despite being a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) Bartholdi
B) Levi P. Morton
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Constantino Brumidi
  • 83. In which year were Liberty Island and Ellis Island ceded to the federal government?
A) 1800
B) 1850
C) 1900
D) 1776
  • 84. What was the significance of the Morse code message flashed on D-Day?
A) It signaled an attack plan
B) It spelled out 'V' for victory
C) It announced the end of the war
D) It called for reinforcements
  • 85. Who concluded the speechmaking during the dedication ceremony?
A) President Grover Cleveland
B) Orator Chauncey M. Depew
C) Lesseps
D) Senator William M. Evarts
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