8.8 Parliament Buildings – 🍁The Canadian Experience

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

Baroque

Neoclassical

French Second Empire style

Gothic revival

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

Select all that apply:

Romanesque

Baroque

Shinto

Neoclassical

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

False

True

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

The Library

The Peace Arch

The Peace Tower

The Centre Block

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

1922

1927

1916

1930

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

Select all that apply:

Aboriginal traditions

Gothic Revival architecture popular in the time of Queen Victoria

French traditions

English traditions

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

The Constitution of Canada

Books of Remembrance

English, French and Aboriginal cultural artifacts

Paintings by the Group of Seven

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

1860s

1590s

1780s

1920s

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

The Library

The Centre Block

The Peace Arch

The Peace Tower

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

Centre Block

Library

Peace Tower

Peace Arch

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

Architectural schools in those Provinces

The ancient age of the buildings

The skills of artistic communities in those Provinces

The Greco-Roman democratic heritage of Western Civilization

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

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

Biographies of Sovereigns who have represented Canada since centuries

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

Names of all the Prime Ministers of Canada

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

French Second Empire style

Gothic revival

Neoclassical

Baroque

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

1916

1812

1922

1867

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

1927

1922

1918

1920

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