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1) Which general led the British troops at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?

a) James Murray
b) James Wolfe
c) Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
d) George Brown

2) In what year did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham take place?

a) 1749
b) 1756
c) 1759
d) 1760

3) What is the family relationship between Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil, and François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil?

a) father / son
b) cousins
c) brothers
d) uncle / nephew

4) What title did François de Lévis hold?

a) marquis
b) earl
c) duke
d) viscount

5) Who was the last governor general of New France?

a) Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil
b) Charles Lemoyne
c) François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
d) François de Lévis, duc de Lévis

6) He led the French Army at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and was mortally wounded.

a) François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
b) François de Lévis, duc de Lévis
c) Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, comte de Bougainville
d) Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, marquis de Montcalm

7) What is the name of the second wife of James Murray, military officer and colonial administrator?

a) Cordelia Collier
b) Elizabeth Stirling
c) Anne Witham
d) Henrietta Thompson

8) Who conducted with Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, marquis de Montcalm, a successful defence against a British attack on Fort Carillon?

a) François de Lévis, duc de Lévis
b) Louis-Hector de Callière
c) Louis-Joseph Papineau
d) Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil

9) He was given a state funeral and buried in the Panthéon on September 3, 1811, in Paris.

a) Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, comte de Bougainville
b) Jean-Olivier Chénier
c) François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
d) Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, marquis de Montcalm

10) Which British officer was born in Scotland in 1721 or 1722?

a) James Wolfe
b) Sir Charles Saunders
c) Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
d) James Murray

Challenge questions

1) The capitulation of this city marked the surrender of New France.

a) Québec
b) Trois-Rivières
c) Montréal
d) Carillon

2) What treaty marked the beginning of English colonization in Canada after what is commonly referred to as the Conquest?

a) Québec Act
b) Treaty of Paris
c) Treaty of Utrecht
d) British North America Act

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