Quiz on The Fate of America
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Chapter 1
1. What’s the most unusual feature of General Wolfe’s statue?
b. Wolfe is portrayed in an “unheroic” way
2. What’s the profession of General Wolfe’s descendant today?
c. Both a and b
3. How did France view its Canadian colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries?
d. As a good place to buy furs
4. What’s General Montcalm’s descendant in France doing to honour his ancestor?
d. Rebuilding his castle
5. Other than their different nationalities, what was the biggest difference between Wolfe
and Montcalm?
b. Wolfe was a commoner, Montcalm was a noble
6. How is Montcalm best remembered by the people of his home town in France?
d. They don’t remember him
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Quiz on The Fate of America
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Chapter 2
7. In the film, how important to our society is the study of history shown to be?
d. Not at all important
8. Why was the film Wolfe and Montcalm never translated from English to French?
c. To spare the feelings of the Québécois
9. What explanation does the filmmaker give for making his film?
b. He thinks future generations should know their history
10. According to the film, why was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham the “founding myth
of Canada”?
d. It made Canada both French and English
11. Why was conquering Québec City so important to Wolfe?
b. It guarded the St. Lawrence River
12. What was Montcalm’s main strategy in the defence of Québec?
a. Keeping most of the troops inside the walls
13. What was Wolfe’s strategy for attacking Montcalm?
d. All of the above
14. What result of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham made it a less-than-perfect victory
for both sides?
c. Both generals were killed
15. According to the film, how did the battle’s outcome influence the development of
Canada as a nation?
d. It resulted in an Anglo-French tension that defines the country
16. What physical relics of the battle can still be found buried around Québec City?
a. Cannonballs
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Quiz on Walls of Memory
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Chapter 1
1. According to the narrator, what kind of city is Québec?
c. A French city
2. According to the narrator, what do historical memories need to survive?
c. Physical places for them to live on in
3. According to the narrator, how has Québec been “reconquered”?
a. Québécois society has endured and flourished
4. The film talks about the history of the Seminary of Québec. How is the history of the
Seminary symbolic of the history of Québec itself?
c. Its founding and its anniversary both coincided with important events
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Quiz on Walls of Memory
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Chapter 2
5. What did Bishop Laval find odd about First Nation parents’ attitudes to their
children?
a. They didn’t want to give their children away
6. What region was Laval the bishop of?
d. North America
7. How did the craftsmen of St-Joachim influence the culture of Québec?
b. They built many churches
8. How many people lived in New France in the mid-18th century?
b. 65,000
9. What “improvement project” for New France did King Louis XIV sponsor?
b. Sending missionaries
10. What was the main effect of the new arrivals on the government of New France?
a. The traders lost control
11. How did the seigneurial system affect the inhabitants of New France?
b. They felt as though they belonged to the new country
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Quiz on Walls of Memory
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Chapter 3
12. How did the English conquest of Québec in 1759 affect the city physically?
c. Many buildings were burned down
13. How did the conquest change the seminary?
b. It separated from Paris
14. What word began to be used to express the future of New France?
a. Survival
15. After the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, what were the surviving buildings used for?
d. Barracks
16. How did the role of the Seminary change after 1763?
a. It became a college
17. In the historical winter scene shown in the film, what are the men doing on the St.
Lawrence River?
b. Cutting blocks of ice
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Quiz on Samuel de Champlain
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1. What was the main activity of the earliest French settlers in Québec?
a. Fur trapping
2. How did the expeditions sponsored by the King of France differ from the settlers’
activities?
c. They focused on exploration
3. With which two First Nations peoples did Champlain first make contact?
c. The Algonquin and Montagnais
4. What impression did Champlain have of the First Nations people he met?
a. They were peaceful and happy
5. What was Champlain hoping to find on his first expedition?
d. An overland route to the Pacific, to trade with China
6. What was the title of Champlain’s first book about New France?
b. Les Sauvages
7. What serious challenges did Champlain’s colony have to overcome in its first year?
b. Winter and mutiny
8. What deadly factor killed more of Champlain’s settlers than any other?
b. Scurvy
9. Why were rivers so important to early life in New France?
c. They were the best way to travel and transport trade goods
10. Why did Champlain need the help of the First Nations peoples?
a. He needed their expertise as guides
11. How did the First Nations people benefit from helping Champlain?
c. He helped them fight their enemies
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Quiz on Samuel de Champlain
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12. What happened when Champlain helped his First Nations allies attack the Iroquois?
c. Champlain was injured
13. By the end of his life, what was Champlain’s main achievement?
a. He had founded a city
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Quiz on My Park, My Plains
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1. In the opening scene, what is the setting for the park?
b. A rise above a river
2. What is the name of the park?
b. Battlefields Park
3. When did the Plains of Abraham become Canada’s first Historic National Park?
d. 1908
4. What is so special about this park?
c. It’s the first park of its kind in Canada
5. Who was Abraham Martin, after whom the park was named?
a. The farmer who once grazed his cows on the Plains
6. What activities was the park used for in the past that does not take place there today?
d. Golf
7. During World War I, what kind of weapon was manufactured in factories located at
the park?
a. Ross Rifles
8. After the army barracks were no longer used for military purposes, what was their
main function?
c. Housing the homeless
9. What institution was later built on part of the Battlefields Park site?
c. A prison
10. Today, what municipal service is located in the park?
a. A reservoir
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Quiz on My Park, My Plains
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11. What major sporting event was twice held in the park during its history?
b. The Stanley Cup finals
12. Which of these activities has not likely ever taken place in the park?
b. Gymnastics
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