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1. Before the museum took the name of the Louvre, what French leader placed his name on the building?
2. In 1572, the courtyard of the Louvre became the site of a massacre held on what French holy day?
3. In what capital city can the Louvre be located?
4. During WWII, the Nazis shipped art taken from French families out of the abandoned Louvre. This act was known as the Louvre ______?
5. Some of the paintings in the Louvre were confiscated from French nobility.
6. Who had the Louvre reconstructed into a Renaissance-styled living quarters?
7. Before becoming a museum, what was the Louvre originally?
8. What river does the Louvre border?
9. What famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci made its permanent home the Louvre in 1913?
10. The glass pyramid seen in the Cour Napoleon at the Louvre was designed by whom?
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