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Questions for Paris Side Trips (by Rick Steves)
Watch the following Paris travel video on YouTube and answer the questions about it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW5p6EKpER4&index=4&list=PL1OajwstW05Hlp6Le5OgA1yZ9QEyxfBnJ
1. What is the largest palace in Europe?
2. What palace was the one many others were modeled after?
3. Which king built and lived in the palace of Versailles?
4. What did the palace of Versailles start out as?
5. How long was the palace of Versailles the seat of France’s government?
6. What was Louis XIV’s nickname?
7. What does Louis XIV’s famous saying, “l’état, c’est moi”, mean?
8. During what years did Louis XIV reign?
9. What was Louis XIV’s advice to the next king?
10. How did engineers power the fountains at Versailles?
11. Why did Marie Antoinette build her rustic hamlet/farm?
12. Why wouldn’t a French chef want to serve meat well-done?
13. Vaux le Vicomte was inspiration for what other palace?
14. How long have people been visiting the cathedral of Chartres?
15. What is the Chartres cathedral most famous for?
16. Chartres has the largest collection of what?
17. With which palace is Napoleon Bonaparte associated?