Walls of Memory

Chapter 1

1.According to the narrator, what kind of city is Québec?

  • a. A large city
  • b. A cold city
  • c. A French city
  • d. A sophisticated city

2.According to the narrator, what do historical memories need to survive?

  • a. Books to be written about them
  • b. Films to be made about them
  • c. Physical places for them to live on in
  • d. People to remember them

3.According to the narrator, how has Québec been “reconquered”?

  • a. Québécois society has endured and flourished
  • b. The Québécois run the provincial government
  • c. French is the main language
  • d. Québec beat off attacks by the Americans in 1812

4.The film talks about the history of the Seminary of Québec. How is the history of the Seminary symbolic of the history of Québec itself?

  • a. They were founded at the same time
  • b. Both were founded by Champlain
  • c. Its founding and its anniversary both coincided with important events
  • d. The Seminary houses the Québec Archives

Chapter 2

5.What did Bishop Laval find odd about First Nation parents’ attitudes to their children?

  • a. They didn’t want to give their children away
  • b. They lived in different houses from their children
  • c. They didn’t discipline their children
  • d. They didn’t call their children by their names

6.What region was Laval the bishop of?

  • a. Québec
  • b. New France
  • c. Canada
  • d. North America

7.How did the craftsmen of St-Joachim influence the culture of Québec?

  • a. They built many boats
  • b. They built many churches
  • c. They built the walls of Québec
  • d. They built the Québec Seminary

8.How many people lived in New France in the mid-18th century?

  • a. 15,000
  • b. 65,000
  • c. 110,000
  • d. Over a million

9.What “improvement project” for New France did King Louis XIV sponsor?

  • a. Building the first hospital
  • b. Sending missionaries
  • c. Sending explorers
  • d. Establishing the first university

10.What was the main effect of the new arrivals on the government of New France?

  • a. The traders lost control
  • b. The Church took control
  • c. The army took control
  • d. The King lost control

11.How did the seigneurial system affect the inhabitants of New France?

  • a. They became farmers
  • b. They felt as though they belonged to the new country
  • c. They paid higher taxes
  • d. They paid lower taxes

Chapter 3

12.How did the English conquest of Québec in 1759 affect the city physically?

  • a. It grew larger
  • b. It was abandoned
  • c. Many buildings were burned down
  • d. The walls were dismantled

13.How did the conquest change the Seminary?

  • a. It became a library
  • b. It separated from Paris
  • c. It became an English church
  • d. It closed

14.What word began to be used to express the future of New France?

  • a. Survival
  • b. Memory
  • c. History
  • d. Faith

15.After the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, what were the surviving buildings used for?

  • a. Hospitals
  • b. Hotels
  • c. Theatres
  • d. Barracks

16.How did the role of the Seminary change after 1763?

  • a. It became a college
  • b. It closed down
  • c. It became a church
  • d. It opened to women

17.In the historical winter scene shown in the film, what are the men doing on the St. Lawrence River?

  • a. Playing hockey
  • b. Cutting blocks of ice
  • c. Clearing a path for a ship
  • d. Building fortifications

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