"The Grand Mosque of Paris"

What is a Mosque?

• A Jewish Holy Temple

• A Christian Holy Sanctuary

• A Muslim Holy Place

• A party where everyone is wearing a mask.

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In which COUNTRY is the grand Mosque of Paris found?

• Germany

• Poland

• Italy

• France

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Why were "few Parisians willing to come to [the] aid" of French Jews in 1940?

• They didn't understand French.

• There was too much risk involved

• They didn't understand German.

• They wanted to be paid.

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Why did the French build the grand Mosque of Paris?

• to celebrate the diversity in their country

• to win a grant from NATO for making it through WW II

• to show off the talents of a great French architect

• to thank the African Muslims who fought with them in WW I.

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What was a "detention center"?

• It was a place of punishment for misbehaving school children.

• It was a temporary, guarded "jail"-type holding place for large numbers of prisoners.

• It was a place to go to get all the attention a person could ever want or need!

• It was the jail in the exact middle of a community.

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In the grand Mosque, many individuals provided ALL of the following help to Jewish children EXCEPT

• get them false Identification papers.

• find them temporary shelter in safe houses.

• burn off their fingerprints so they can never be traced.

• raise funds to pay for their care.

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Fill in the blank) - The grand Mosque of Paris was "the perfect cover, Not just a pace of worship, it was [also] a/an _______________ ."

• Outlet

• Shopping Mall

• YMCA building

• community center

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What significant man-made feature was BELOW the grand Mosque of Paris that helped in the escapes?

• The Eiffel Tower

• The Louvre (art museum)

• The city sewer system

• The aquarium

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According to the article, the Mosque's rector - Si Kaddour Benghabrit - personally contributed ALL of the following except ____.

• he wrote out false birth certificates for the Jewish children

• he provided a backpack full of supplies for each child to take

• he claimed the Jewish children were actually Muslim

• he set up an alarm system for speedy warning to the fugitives

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In the article, who said, "... in life and death situations, there are always people who can be counted on to do the right thing"?

• Adolf Hitler

• Si Kaddour Benghabrit

• Albert Assouline

• One of the (unnamed) Jewish fugitives

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