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  1. What does Père Noël ride on Christmas Eve?
  2. Your answer:
    a broomstick
    a sleigh
    a donkey


  3. What is the luckiest number of bells you can have on a the lily-of-the-valley?
  4. Your answer:
    four
    seven
    thirteen


  5. In the Legend of St. Nicolas, how many children did the butcher cut up and put into the brine bucket?
  6. Your answer:
    seven
    twelve
    three


  7. Who did the Celts believe to be the God of the dead?
  8. Your answer:
    Hades
    St. Nicolas
    Samhain


  9. Which of the following did the early Celts carry home the sacred flame in?
  10. Your answer:
    turnip
    the carcass of a small rodent
    carrot


  11. How many prisoners were in the Bastille when the prison was stormed in 1789?
  12. Your answer:
    three hundred
    seven
    thirteen


  13. What date is Bastille Day celebrated?
  14. Your answer:
    July 4
    July 14
    July 31


  15. What kind of tree did the Druids burn on the festival of Samhain?
  16. Your answer:
    Oak tree
    Chestnut tree
    Christmas tree


  17. Who turned the pagan festival of Samhain into La Toussaint?
  18. Your answer:
    Phillipe XI
    St. Nicolas
    Gregoire IV


  19. This city's labor riots inspired the Labor Day to be adopted in France?
  20. Your answer:
    Paris
    New York
    Chicago


  21. What flower was the lily-of-the-valley's predecessor for the first day of May?
  22. Your answer:
    wild rose
    tulip
    buttercup


  23. In Japan, the lily-of-the-valley symbolizes _________?
  24. Your answer:
    freedom
    rebirth
    love


  25. If you behave badly, who will punish you at Christmas?
  26. Your answer:
    Père Fouettard
    Père Noël
    Madame Arbushites


  27. When do French families eat Reveillon?
  28. Your answer:
    after midnight mass on Christmas Eve
    at noon Christmas Day
    December 6th


  29. Which of the following would a French family NOT do on La Toussaint?
  30. Your answer:
    Cower in fear from the evil spirits of the dead coming to their home because they failed to get the sacred flame from the Druids!
    Have a picnic in the cemetary
    Clean up the tombstones in the cemetary



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