8.8 Parliament Buildings – 🍁The Canadian Experience

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#1. What does the Memorial Chamber within the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings contain?

The Constitution of Canada

English, French and Aboriginal cultural artifacts

Paintings by the Group of Seven

Books of Remembrance

#2. What is written in the Books of Remembrance kept in the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings?

Names of soldiers, sailors and airmen who died serving Canada in wars or while on duty

Biographies of Sovereigns who have represented Canada since centuries

Names of all the Prime Ministers of Canada

Cultural stories of Aboriginal Peoples who lived in Canada prior to the arrival of Europeans

#3. Which part of the Parliament Buildings was built in the memory of the First World War?

The Peace Tower

The Peace Arch

The Centre Block

The Library

#4. Unlike the Parliament building in Ottawa, the buildings of Provincial legislatures are not architecturally significant.

False

True

#5. Which architectural style was used to build the Parliamentary Buildings in Ottawa?

Gothic revival

Baroque

French Second Empire style

Neoclassical

#6. When did an accidental fire destroy the majority of the original Parliament Buildings built in the 1860s?

1916

1922

1867

1812

#7. Which architectural styles can be seen in the provincial legislatures (except in Quebec)?

Select all that apply:

Shinto

Baroque

Neoclassical

Romanesque

#8. Which part of the original parliament building escaped the accidental fire of 1916 and still stands to this day?

The Centre Block

The Peace Tower

The Peace Arch

The Library

#9. What do the towers, arches, sculptures and stained glass of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa embody?

Select all that apply:

English traditions

Aboriginal traditions

French traditions

Gothic Revival architecture popular in the time of Queen Victoria

#10. Which part of the original parliament buildings was destroyed in the accidental fire of 1916?

Peace Tower

Centre Block

Peace Arch

Library

#11. When were the original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa constructed?

1780s

1860s

1920s

1590s

#12. When was the Peace Tower built as an important addition to the Parliamentary Buildings in Ottawa?

1916

1927

1930

1922

#13. When was the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings rebuilt after being destroyed in the accidental fire of 1916?

1922

1918

1920

1927

#14. What do the architectural styles of provincial legislatures (except in Quebec) reflect:

Architectural schools in those Provinces

The Greco-Roman democratic heritage of Western Civilization

The skills of artistic communities in those Provinces

The ancient age of the buildings

#15. Which architectural style was used to build the Quebec National Assembly?

Gothic revival

French Second Empire style

Neoclassical

Baroque

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