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Destructions Of Library And Collections Part 1
Test Description: This is part 1 of a collection of questions about the most tragic and significant library losses known.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What book was irreparably damaged by a fire in the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino in 1904? It contained the laws of Christian Rome.
A
Codex Theodosianus
B
Gutenberg Bible
C
Lex Ogulnia
D
Fifty Shades of Gray
2) An arsonist in 1986 set fire to what library, losing one of the largest and oldest collections of patents and cookbooks equaling over 1 million books?
A
L.A. Central Library
B
Seattle Public Library
C
UCSB Library
D
San Francisco Public Library
3) What year did Shih Huang-ti order the first known book burning?
A
1066 AD
B
213 BC
C
100 AD
D
263 BC
4) What modern political movement had established a functioning library in New York City, but was destroyed when NYPD raided the camp in Zuccotti Park?
A
Tea Party
B
Occupy Wall Street
C
Hair Club for Men
D
YMCA
5) What author and female rock star provided the main tent that housed the People’s Library of Occupy Wall Street?
A
Ann Wilson
B
Joan Jett
C
Patti Smith
D
Dee Snider
6) What library was burned in retaliation when American forces burned a library in Toronto a year earlier in 1813?
A
New York Public Library
B
Enoch Pratt Free Library
C
Philadelphia Library Company
D
Library of Congress
7) Bosnian Serbs opened fire on what library destroying its entire collection, gunning down civilians who were trying to save items?
A
Library of Alexandria
B
Carnegie Mellon
C
Sarajevo Public Library
D
National and University Library of Bosnia
8) What English King destroyed the Glastonbury Abbey, and with it, the earliest examples of Anglo-Saxon literature?
A
Charles II
B
Richard III
C
George III
D
Henry VIII
9) What man created the “House of Wisdom” in 1004 until the Mongols invaded, destroying rare hand illuminated manuscripts?
A
Caliph Omar
B
Salman Rushdie
C
Caliph Al-Mamun
D
Caliph Muhammad
10) 10% of all public library materials were blacklisted and destroyed when what political regime came to power in 1933?
A
Amish
B
Nazi Party
C
Populist
D
Bolshevik
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