Statue of Liberty Quiz

Who wrote the plans on how the Statue of Liberty would be built?

• Gustave Eiffel

• Richard Morris

• Frederic Bartholdi

• Grover Cleveland

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Read the sentence from paragraph 7. Finally, in 1885, the statue arrived in New York City in 350 pieces. What can the reader infer about why the statue arrived in 350 pieces?

• The pieces came from different countries.

• The statue was too large to ship all in one piece.

• The pieces of the statue arrived on different ships.

• The statue had broken into pieces when it arrived.

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Which two statements must be in a summary of paragraphs 4-7? This question requires the selection of two options.

• The statue was built to celebrate friendship and freedom.

• Gustave Eiffel was the builder of the Eiffel Tower in France.

• It took ten years to build the pieces of the Statue of Liberty.

• People from France had the idea for and built the Statue of Liberty.

• American workers built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty to sit on.

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Why did Bartholdi decide to exhibit parts of the statue before it was finished?

• He was worried about finishing on time.

• He needed to raise more funds to build the statue.

• He was happy about visiting a city where he had never been.

• He wanted people to thank the workers who made the model.

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Which two sentences best show that the people of the United States were excited about the Statue of Liberty? This question requires the selection of two options.

• “. . . Bartholdi started to work with the Americans to raise money in their country for the statue.” (paragraph 6)

• “Then, Richard Morris, an American architect, built the stone base.” (paragraph 7)

• “More than a million people watched a grand parade through New York City.” (paragraph 8)

• “A boat parade crowded the harbor.” (paragraph 8)

• “The President presented the statue . . . .” (paragraph 8)

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This question refers to The Statue of Liberty. Read the sentence below from paragraph 3. The statue is huge and stretches as tall as a 30-story building. Why does the author use the word “stretches” in this way?

• to show how high the statue is

• to show how heavy the statue is

• to show the width across the statue

• to show the distance around the statue

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This question refers to The Statue of Liberty. Look at the photograph below. Select one phrase from paragraph 7 that the photograph helps you to better understand.

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This question refers to The Statue of Liberty. What is the author’s purpose for writing the passage?

• to tell the reader how much it cost to build the statue

• to entertain the visitors in New York and all of America

• to encourage the people of France and America to work together in the future

• to inform the reader about the history of and ways to enjoy a popular monument

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This question refers to The Statue of Liberty. Read the sentence below from paragraph 4. He wanted to present it to the American people to celebrate the good will between France and the United States. Choose a phrase for each blank to correctly complete the sentence. In the sentence, the word present means to [CHOICE 1] because of the [CHOICE 2].

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