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20. Famous artworks in the Louvre include the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.

True

19. The pyramid design was based on Chinese art.

False → It was inspired by Egyptian artifacts in the Louvre.

18. I. M. Pei designed a glass pyramid to mark the entrance.

True

17. Visitors used to have trouble finding the museum entrance.

True

16. The Louvre became smaller during Mitterrand’s project.

False → The museum became almost twice as big.

15. François Mitterrand expanded the museum in 1981.

True

14. Today, the Louvre is privately owned.

False → It is owned and operated by the French government.

13. The Louvre opened to the public in 1793.

True

12. The art in the Louvre was always open to the public.

False → It became public after the French Revolution, in 1793.

11. By 1624, King Louis XIII had made the Louvre four times bigger.

True

10. King Henry IV added a section called the Grande Galerie.

True

9. The Louvre became a palace during the 1200s.

False → It became a palace in the 1500s.

8. King Charles V turned one of the towers into a library.

True

7. The Louvre was originally built as a palace.

False → It was first built as a fortress.

6. The original section of the Louvre was built over 800 years ago.

True

5. One day is enough to see everything in the Louvre.

False → Even a whole day is not enough.

4. The Louvre’s collection includes nearly 300,000 items.

True

3. The museum has only seven rooms.

False → It has seven major areas and over 100 rooms.

2. The Louvre is located on the Seine River in Paris.

True

1. The Louvre is the largest art museum in the world.

True