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.

In which COUNTRY is the grand Mosque of Paris found?

• Germany

• Poland

• Italy

• France

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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