- 1. When was the Near Eastern antiquities department established?
A) 1901
B) 1843
C) 1860
D) 1881
- 2. Which site was excavated by Paul-Émile Botta in 1843?
A) Khorsabad
B) Persepolis
C) Zagros Mountains
D) Mari
- 3. What is the height of the Code of Hammurabi?
A) 1.50 metres
B) 2.75 metres
C) 2.25 metres
D) 3.00 metres
- 4. In what year was the Code of Hammurabi discovered?
A) 1843
B) 1901
C) 1855
D) 1881
- 5. Which city-state is the origin of the Statue of Ebih-Il?
A) Babylon
B) Lagash
C) Akkad
D) Mari
- 6. The Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II triggered which 1860 mission?
A) Mission de Sumer
B) Mission de Babylon
C) Mission de Perse
D) Mission de Phénicie
- 7. What era does the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman department cover?
A) Neolithic to the 6th century
B) Iron Age to the 8th century
C) Bronze Age to the 10th century
D) Paleolithic to the 5th century
- 8. Who initially acquired many of the works in the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman collection?
A) Louis XIV
B) Ernest Renan
C) Francis I
D) Napoleon I
- 9. When was the Winged Victory of Samothrace created?
A) 190 BC
B) 1815 BC
C) 640 BC
D) 570 BC
- 10. Which statue represents the archaic period and dates from 640 BC?
A) Venus de Milo
B) Borghese Gladiator
C) Hera of Samos
D) Lady of Auxerre
- 11. The Persian Archers of Darius I come from which department?
A) Near Eastern antiquities
B) Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
C) Islamic art
D) Egyptian antiquities
- 12. Where is the Roman sculpture primarily displayed?
A) The Zagros wing
B) The Galerie Campana
C) The Khorsabad hall
D) Galleries paralleling the Seine
- 13. What type of pottery collection is featured in the Galerie Campana?
A) Canaanite
B) Punic
C) Roman
D) Greek
- 14. Which king erected a stele to celebrate a victory over barbarians in the Zagros Mountains?
A) Eshmunazar II
B) Sargon II
C) Naram-Sin
D) Hammurabi
- 15. Which work is symbolic of classical art at the Louvre?
A) Hera of Samos
B) Venus de Milo
C) Apollo Belvedere
D) Borghese Gladiator
- 16. Who led the Communards who set fire to the Tuileries Palace in 1871?
A) Edmond Guillaume
B) Jules Bergeret
C) Henry Barbet de Jouy
D) Lefuel
- 17. Which wing of the Louvre was significantly damaged by the 1871 fire?
A) South Wing
B) Sully Wing
C) Denon Wing
D) Richelieu Wing
- 18. What became the Louvre's main entrance lobby in 1928?
A) Pavillon Denon
B) Grande Galerie
C) Salle du Manège
D) Salle des Etats
- 19. Which artist created 'The Triumph of Marie de' Medici' painting?
A) Chardin
B) Georges de La Tour
C) Fragonard
D) Carolus-Duran
- 20. The Collection La Caze was donated to the Louvre in what year?
A) 1869
B) 1897
C) 1883
D) 1935
- 21. Where was the Winged Victory of Samothrace displayed starting in 1883?
A) Salle des Etats
B) Cour du Sphinx
C) Escalier Daru
D) Grande Galerie
- 22. Which organisation was established in 1897 to donate works to the Louvre?
A) Société des amis du Louvre
B) National Antiquities Museum
C) Musée de Marine
D) Guimet Museum
- 23. When did the Louvre's first gallery of Islamic art open?
A) 1893
B) 1945
C) 1883
D) 1905
- 24. In what year were the Louvre's Asian art collections moved to the Guimet Museum?
A) 1943
B) 1905
C) 1945
D) 1887
- 25. Which architect redesigned the Escalier Daru in the 1930s?
A) Camille Lefèvre and Albert Ferran
B) Marc Saltet and Pierre Paulin
C) Jean-Jacques Haffner
D) Edmond Guillaume and Lefuel
- 26. In what year was the Mona Lisa first displayed in the Salle des Etats?
A) 1953
B) 1966
C) 1947
D) 1972
- 27. Who inaugurated a new ceiling in the Salle Henri II in 1953?
A) Georges Braque
B) Carolus-Duran
C) Pierre Paulin
D) Edmond Guillaume
- 28. Who was appointed as the first director of the Louvre in 1802?
A) Vivant Denon
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Antonio Canova
D) Ennio Quirino Visconti
- 29. What was the museum renamed in July 1803?
A) Musée de la République
B) Musée Impérial
C) Louvre Royal
D) Musée Napoléon
- 30. Which statue from the Vatican has remained in the Louvre to this day?
A) Apollo
B) Tiber
C) Hercules
D) Nile
- 31. Who concluded agreements with the Austrian government in 1815 regarding looted works?
A) Louis XVIII
B) Louis Philippe
C) Napoleon
D) Charles X
- 32. Which painting was exchanged for a large Le Brun in 1815?
A) Wedding at Cana
B) Mona Lisa
C) Liberty Leading the People
D) The Coronation of Napoleon
- 33. Who created the Musée Égyptien in 1826?
A) Louis XVIII
B) Louis Philippe
C) Charles X
D) Napoleon
- 34. Who was the initial curator of the Egyptian collection at the Louvre?
A) Vivant Denon
B) Adrien de Longpérier
C) Alexandre Lenoir
D) Jean-François Champollion
- 35. What museum was opened in 1824 on the ground floor of the Northwestern side of the Cour Carrée?
A) Musée mexicain
B) Galerie d'Angoulême
C) Musée naval
D) Musée assyrien
- 36. What exhibition was created by the French Navy in the Louvre in 1827?
A) Musée dauphin
B) Musée de la Marine
C) Musée des Monuments Français
D) Musée Napoléon
- 37. Who sponsored the creation of the musée assyrien?
A) Napoleon
B) Louis XVIII
C) Charles X
D) Louis-Philippe
- 38. What happened to Louis-Philippe's Spanish gallery after he was deposed in 1848?
A) It was returned to Spain
B) It was moved to Versailles
C) It was auctioned away
D) It became a permanent part of the Louvre
- 39. Which museum opened in 1850 as the first European museum dedicated to pre-Columbian art?
A) Musée assyrien
B) Musée naval
C) Musée mexicain
D) Musée Égyptien
- 40. Who began the construction of the Louvre Palace in the late 12th century?
A) King Philip II
B) King Louis XIV
C) King Louis XV
D) King Francis I
- 41. Where can remnants of the Medieval Louvre still be seen today?
A) In the crypt
B) In the Cabinet du Roi
C) In the Petite Galerie
D) In the Grande Galerie
- 42. Which theory suggests the name 'Louvre' derives from a wolf hunting den?
A) The French verb louer
B) The memoirs of Francis I
C) Grand Larousse encyclopédique
D) DuCange's medieval Latin glossary
- 43. What French verb do some linguists suggest the name 'Louvre' is derived from?
A) Louer
B) Lavoir
C) Loger
D) Lupara
- 44. In what architectural style did Francis I start rebuilding the Louvre in 1546?
A) French Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Neoclassical
D) Medieval
- 45. Who resided in the Louvre under Royal patronage after the court moved to Versailles?
A) Military officers
B) Foreign diplomats
C) Artists
D) Members of the clergy
- 46. Which family of craftsmen-artists resided in the Louvre under Royal patronage?
A) Boulle
B) Fontainebleau
C) Bourbon
D) Valois
- 47. Which famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was collected by Francis I?
A) Charity
B) Mona Lisa
C) The Grande Galerie
D) Plans-reliefs
- 48. In what year were many of the king's paintings placed in the Cabinet du Roi?
A) 1682
B) 1750
C) 1673
D) 1776
- 49. Which ambassadors were shown the royal paintings in 1686?
A) Ambassadors from Siam
B) Ambassadors from the Holy Roman Empire
C) Ambassadors from England
D) Ambassadors from Spain
- 50. Where were 96 pieces from the royal collection displayed starting in 1750?
A) Luxembourg Palace
B) Versailles
C) Fontainebleau
D) Louvre Palace
- 51. Which gardens are adjacent to the Louvre?
A) Versailles Gardens
B) Tuileries Gardens
C) Luxembourg Gardens
D) Palais Royal Gardens
- 52. When did the museum's current main entrance become the primary one?
A) 1855
B) 1922
C) 1999
D) 1993
- 53. In what year was the Porte des Lions entrance created?
A) 1980
B) 2012
C) 1993
D) 1999
- 54. During the initial opening in 1793, how many days were reserved for artists and foreigners per 10-day week?
A) Four
B) Seven
C) Six
D) Three
- 55. In the early 1800s, how many hours per week did the general public have access to the museum?
A) Four hours
B) Two hours
C) Ten hours
D) Six hours
- 56. In 1855, the museum became open to the public every day except for which day?
A) Mondays
B) Tuesdays
C) Wednesdays
D) Sundays
- 57. When was an entrance fee first introduced at the Louvre?
A) 1793
B) 1946
C) 1855
D) 1922
- 58. Since the 1946 reopening, which day is the museum closed?
A) Tuesdays
B) Sundays
C) Fridays
D) Mondays
- 59. What rule exists regarding photography in the Louvre?
A) Flash photography is forbidden
B) All photography is banned
C) Cameras are prohibited
D) Only video is permitted
- 60. What system was introduced as the official museum audio guide in 2012?
A) CD audio players
B) Paper pamphlets
C) Smartphone application
D) Nintendo 3DS
- 61. How many hours of audio content are in the Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre?
A) Over 100 hours
B) Over 30 hours
C) Exactly 20 hours
D) Over 10 hours
- 62. What technology is used for navigation within the museum in the 3DS guide?
A) Bluetooth beacons
B) Infrared sensors
C) Wi-Fi triangulation
D) Differential GPS transmitters
- 63. When is the 3DS Louvre guide scheduled to be retired?
A) January 2020
B) December 2030
C) September 2022
D) September 2025
- 64. In which city is the Louvre museum located?
A) Lyon
B) Marseille
C) Paris
D) Nice
- 65. On which bank of the Seine is the Louvre located?
A) Left Bank
B) Right Bank
C) Central Bank
D) Eastern Bank
- 66. In what year did the Louvre museum first open?
A) 1801
B) 1789
C) 1692
D) 1793
- 67. How many paintings were in the first exhibition at the Louvre?
A) 1,000
B) 537
C) 35,000
D) 500,000
- 68. Why was the museum closed from 1796 to 1801?
A) Renovations
B) Royal decree
C) War
D) Structural problems
- 69. How many curatorial departments divide the Louvre's collection?
A) Six
B) Ten
C) Twelve
D) Eight
- 70. What is the approximate total number of objects in the Louvre?
A) 100,000
B) 35,000
C) 500,000
D) 1,000,000
- 71. How many works of art are currently displayed in the museum?
A) 500,000
B) 9.0 million
C) 60,600
D) 35,000
- 72. In which arrondissement is the Louvre located?
A) 5th
B) 1st
C) 16th
D) 2nd
- 73. Approximately how many objects are exhibited at any given point in time?
A) 500,000
B) 35,000
C) 38,000
D) 537
- 74. How many visitors did the Louvre receive in 2025?
A) 12.0 million
B) 5.0 million
C) 35,000
D) 9.0 million
- 75. When did the National Constituent Assembly declare the Louvre a place for sciences and arts?
A) August 1792
B) October 1793
C) May 1796
D) May 1791
- 76. How many objects of art were included in the original museum collection?
A) 184
B) 100,000
C) 75
D) 537
- 77. Who donated the Woman with Dropsy to the Louvre?
A) Bertrand Clauzel
B) Emmanuel de Grouchy
C) Gerard Dou
D) Louis XVI
- 78. Who painted the Woman with Dropsy?
A) Gerard Dou
B) Apollo Belvedere
C) Emmanuel de Grouchy
D) Bertrand Clauzel
- 79. When did the museum reopen after its first closure?
A) 10 August 1793
B) November 1800
C) 14 July 1801
D) 15 August 1797
- 80. How often was the public given free access when the museum first opened?
A) Once a week
B) Three days per week
C) Only on weekends
D) Every day
- 81. Who was the ruler responsible for the transformational changes to the Louvre during the Second Empire?
A) Louis XIV
B) Napoleon III
C) Napoleon I
D) Louis XVIII
- 82. How many total artworks did Napoleon III purchase in 1861?
A) 641
B) 11,835
C) 18,520
D) 20,000
- 83. Which famous collection did Napoleon III acquire in 1861?
A) Campana collection
B) Souverains collection
C) Louvre collection
D) Denon collection
- 84. Which architect led the creation of the pavillon des Sessions in the 1860s?
A) Napoleon III
B) Campana
C) Louis Visconti
D) Hector Lefuel
- 85. By approximately how much was the Grande Galerie shortened?
A) Two thirds
B) One half
C) One quarter
D) One third
- 86. Which government department was relocated out of the Louvre's North Wing?
A) Department of Arts
B) Ministry of Education
C) Finance Ministry
D) Ministry of Culture
- 87. When were the open spaces surrounding the pyramid inaugurated?
A) 15 October 1988
B) 15 December 1992
C) 30 March 1989
D) 18 November 1993
- 88. Which architect designed the new gallery rooms that opened on 15 December 1992?
A) Michel Macary
B) Jean-Michel Wilmotte
C) I. M. Pei
D) Italo Rota
- 89. When did the new entrance at the porte des Lions open?
A) 1998
B) 1997
C) 1994
D) 1993
- 90. What type of art is displayed in the rooms near the porte des Lions entrance?
A) Spanish paintings
B) French paintings
C) Italian sculptures
D) Egyptian antiquities
- 91. Which section of the Louvre is not part of the museum building?
A) The Richelieu Wing
B) The Cour Carrée
C) The northwestern tip
D) The Sully Wing
- 92. Which French President insisted on the return of non-Western art to the Louvre?
A) François Mitterrand
B) Jean-Luc Martinez
C) Jacques Chirac
D) Emmanuel Macron
- 93. In what year did the collections at the Pavillon des Sessions open?
A) 2000
B) 1995
C) 2003
D) 2012
- 94. The new department of Islamic Art was created by executive order in which year?
A) 2003
B) 2000
C) 2012
D) 2007
- 95. Which German painter was invited to create Athanor for the North stairs in 2007?
A) Anselm Kiefer
B) George Braque
C) François Morellet
D) Cy Twombly
- 96. Who did the Louvre collaborate with in 2009 for the "The Louvre Invites Comic-Strip Art" initiative?
A) Anselm Kiefer
B) François Morellet
C) Hirohiko Araki
D) Cy Twombly
- 97. Which artist created a new ceiling for the Salle des Bronzes in 2010?
A) François Morellet
B) George Braque
C) Cy Twombly
D) Elias Crespin
- 98. What caused damage to between 300 and 400 books at the Louvre in late 2025?
A) A fire
B) A robbery
C) Overcrowding
D) A burst water line
- 99. Where will the new secondary entrance be located according to the Louvre - New Renaissance project?
A) Grande Colonnade
B) Richelieu Wing
C) Cour Carrée
D) Denon Wing
- 100. How many objects does the Louvre own in total?
A) 482,943
B) 50,000
C) 615,797
D) 35,000
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