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