Question 1: What was France's 2018 military world ranking?

• 6
• 5
• 10
• 7

Question 2: Which 6 countries formed the European Economic Community in 1957 via the Treaty of Rome?

• France, The United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
• France, Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
• France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
• France, West Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

Question 3: When were the Three Glorious Days (les Trois Glorieuses)?

• 27th, 28th and 29th July 1830
• 23rd, 24th and 25th February 1848
• 12th, 13th and 14th July 1789
• 7th, 8th and 9th November 1799

Question 4: What was France's 2018 world economic ranking?

• 6
• 5
• 10
• 7

Question 5: Which of the following statements is correct?

• The President of the French Republic is elected by universal suffrage for five years. He/she appoints the Government, headed by the Prime Minister, from the party winning the majority in the legislative elections
• The Parliament, composed of the National Assembly and the Senate, votes on laws and controls the Government. Members of the National Assembly are elected every five years in legislative elections.
• Justice is exercised by the magistrates, settling disputes between individuals or companies, and between citizens and the administration. Offences against the law are punished by imprisonment or via other penalties set out in statute.
• All of the above

Question 6: When did the European Union's bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, become legally binding in France?

• In 1992 via the Maastricht Treaty (the Treaty on European Union)
• In 1957 via the Treaty of Rome
• 1 January 2002
• 1 December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty, signed 13 December 2007, came into force.

Question 7: Georges Charpak (1924 - 2010) was a naturalised French citizen of Polish origin. For what is he best known?

• Famous French poet, notably writing "Alcools et Calligrammes"
• Painter responsible for the painting of the ceiling of the Paris Opera
• Physicist, pioneer of biomedical imaging and the detection of particles and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1992.
• Grandson of an Italian merchant and fervent republican who helped France to recover after the defeat of The Franco-Prussian War. He was one of the fathers of the Third Republic

Question 8: Who founded the current French institutions of the 5th Republic in 1958?

• Henri Giraud (1879 - 1949)
• Marshal Pétain (1856 – 1951)
• Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902 – 1947)
• Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970)

Question 9: Who votes on French laws?

• The President
• The Prime Minister
• The Parliament
• The Prefectures

Question 10: Alain Mimoun (1921- 2013) was a naturalised French citizen of Algerian origin. What is he best known for?

• The only writer to receive the Goncourt prize twice: the first time in 1956 under his real name for The Roots of Heaven, the second in 1975 under the pseudonym Emile Ajar for Life Ahead.
• Reporter and novelist, elected a member of the Académie Française in 1962.
• A painter - one of the founders of abstract art
• Athlete and veteran of World War II, won the marathon at the 1956 Olympic Games

Question 11: Which is the highest mountain in the European Union at 4,807m?

• Mont-Blanc
• The Matterhorn
• Monte Rosa
• Dom

Question 12: Léon Gambetta (1838 - 1882) was the son of an Italian merchant. For what is he best known?

• Famous French poet, notably writing "Alcools et Calligrammes"
• Painter responsible for the painting of the ceiling of the Paris Opera
• Nobel Prize winning physicist, pioneer of biomedical imaging and the detection of particles.
• Fervent republican who helped France to recover after the defeat of The Franco-Prussian War in 1870. He was one of the fathers of the Third Republic

Question 13: Which of the following is NOT a right/responsibility of a French citizen according to the Civil Code?

• All citizens must contribute, as much as is possible, to public finances via income tax and social contributions (cotisations) taken at source from salaries
• All citizens have equal access to positions of public employment according to their competencies
• All citizens are required to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. To not do so is a civil offence.
• If called upon, in the event of war, all citizens must participate in the defence of France

Question 14: What are the visual characteristics of Marianne, symbol of the French Republic?

• A woman wearing a tricolour cockade (knot of ribbons) and a Phrygian cap (a conical cap with the top bent forwards, identified with the Roman cap of liberty).
• A woman bearing arms and carrying the French tricolour (red, white and blue) flag.
• A seated woman reading the scroll of reason representing French republican law
• A woman wearing a crown and the regalia of state.

Question 15: Correctly identify the 5 overseas departments and regions of France (with exactly the same status as France's mainland regions)?

• Martinique (972), Guyane (973), La Réunion (974), Mayotte (975) and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (976)
• Saint-Barthélemy (977), Saint-Martin (978), Wallis-et-Futuna (986), Polynésie française (987) and Nouvelle-Calédonie (988)
• Guadeloupe (971), Martinique (972), Guyane (973), La Réunion (974) and Mayotte (975)
• La Réunion (974), Mayotte (975), Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (976), Saint-Barthélemy (977) and Saint-Martin (978)

Question 16: Name a famous French painter:

• Marcel Proust
• Albert Camus
• Simone de Beauvoir
• Auguste Renoir

Question 17: When was the social security system, financed by French businesses and workers, established?

• 1958
• 1875
• 1789
• 1945

Question 18: When was the death penalty banned in France?

• 1981
• 1991
• 2001
• 1971

Question 19: Correctly identify 5 overseas French collectivities (empowered to make their own laws, except in certain areas reserved to the French national government)?

• Martinique (972), Guyane (973), La Réunion (974), Mayotte (975) and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (976)
• Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (976), Saint-Barthélemy (977), Saint-Martin (978), Wallis-et-Futuna (986) and Polynésie française (987)
• Guadeloupe (971), Martinique (972), Guyane (973), La Réunion (974) and Mayotte (975)
• La Réunion (974), Mayotte (975), Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (976), Saint-Barthélemy (977) and Saint-Martin (978)

Question 20: Which legal document defines citizens' rights in France?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man (La Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen) dating from the French Revolution in 1789
• The Law of the 17th of May 2013 allowing same-sex marriage (Le mariage pour tous)
• The French law on secularity banning conspicuous religious symbols in schools, signed into law the 15th of March 2004 by Jacques Chirac
• The law of the 9th of December 1905 separating the Church and the State.

Question 21: When was the third republic formed?

• 1830
• 1848
• 1875
• 1885

Question 22: Which three principals are guaranteed by the French Republic?

• Freedom, equality and secularism (liberte, égalité et laïcité - the principle of separation of civil society and religious society.)
• Freedom, equality and fraternity (liberte, égalité et fraternité)
• Freedom, fraternity and secularism
• Freedom, secularism and equality

Question 23: What does the date of the 14th July represent?

• The annual French National Holiday (la Fête Nationale Française)
• The taking of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789
• The Holiday of the Federation (la Fête de la Fédération) of the 14th July 1790, celebrating the Constitution of 1789
• All of the above

Question 24: What are some of the responsibilities of the elected officials of French Regions (les Régions)?

• Management of nursery and primary schools, sports and cultural activities, street maintenance and the registration of births, marriages and deaths
• Management of colleges, child protection, assistance to the elderly
• Management of public transport, vocational training, the construction and maintenance of high schools (les lycées)
• Determination of national policy

Question 25: What is meant by the principal of "Fraternity" in France?

• Employers should always employ a native-born French person first (if available), before anyone of different ethnicity
• This principal applies specifically to discrimination on the basis of origin, religion or sex - which is forbidden
• The principal that French companies are solely responsible for funding the social security system.
• General solidarity amongst citizens - illustrated by the social security system, founded in 1945 and financed by companies and those in employment

Question 26: Who has the legal right to vote in French presidential and parliamentary elections?

• No taxation, no representation - only those paying annual income tax can vote
• Everyone can vote who is fiscally domiciled in France
• Only the designated head of the household can vote. They cast votes on behalf of their family
• Universal suffrage - all French citizens older than the legal limit of 18 years old

Question 27: What were the principal events of the French decolonisation period of 1950 - 1962?

• The Indochina War (1945 - 1954) and Algerian War (1954 - 1962)
• The Malagasy Uprising (1947 - 1948)
• The Bamileke War (1955 - 1960)
• The Biafran War (1967 - 1970)

Question 28: Which text defines the organisation of the French state?

• The Constitution of the 4th Republic adopted 27th October 1946
• The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen establishing France as a secular and democratic country, deriving its sovereignty from the people (government of the people, by the people and for the people)
• The Constitution of the 21st July 2008 championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy
• The Constitution of the 5th Republic adopted 4th October 1958

Question 29: Who led the French resistance against the German army in World War II?

• Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
• Marshal Pétain (1856 – 1951)
• Henri Giraud (1879 - 1949)
• Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902 – 1947)

Question 30: Valérie Benguigui (1961 - 2013) was a naturalised French citizen of Algerian origin. For what is she best known?

• The first recognised black singer/dancer. She distinguished herself in the Resistance during the Second World War
• A French poet and writer.
• A singer known for numerous popular successes including "Bambino", "Il venait d’avoir 18 ans" and Laissez-moi danser" ("just turned 18" and "let me dance")
• An actress in numerous films including "Le prénom" and TV series such as "Avocats et associés"

Question 31: Which of the following relates to the end of the 18th Century AD?

• Henri IV who gave protestants leave to practice their religion via the Edict of Nantes
• Molière the most famous French playwright who lived at the time of Louis XIV (author of the Miser, l’Avare) (the modern epoch)
• The philosophers of the Enlightenment: Rousseau, Voltaire and Diderot whose works promoted tolerance and the freedom of thought
• The first French Revolution

Question 32: How many French Regions are there?

• 18
• 12
• 13
• 5

Question 33: What are some of the responsibilities of the elected officials of French Departments (les Départements)?

• Management of nursery and primary schools, sports and cultural activities, street maintenance and the registration of births, marriages and deaths
• Management of colleges, child protection, assistance to the elderly
• Management of public transport, vocational training, the construction and maintenance of high schools (les lycées)
• Determination of national policy

Question 34: When did the French join the European Economic Community (EEC)?

• In 1992 via the Maastricht Treaty (the Treaty on European Union)
• In 1957 via the Treaty of Rome
• 1 January 2002 after the introduction of the Euro currency
• 1 December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty, signed 13 December 2007, came into force.

Question 35: Who was Charles de Gaulle?

• A high-ranking French civil servant and resistance fighter who died in 1943
• A French politician, guillotined in 1794, and one of the main figures of the French Revolution
• A military general, resistance fighter, first president of the 5th Republic and French writer, died 1970
• President of the Republic 1981 - 1995 (voted to abolish the death penalty), died 1996

Question 36: Andrée Chedid (1920 - 2011) was a naturalised French citizen born in Egypt, Cairo, to a Syrian mother and a Lebanese father. For what is she best known?

• The first recognised black singer/dancer. She distinguished herself in the Resistance during the Second World War
• A French poet and writer.
• A singer known for numerous popular successes including "Bambino", "Il venait d’avoir 18 ans" and Laissez-moi danser" ("just turned 18" and "let me dance")
• An actress in numerous films including "Le Prénom" and TV series such as "Avocats et Associés"

Question 37: Which of the following relates to the time period 18,000 - 15,000 BC?

• The Lascaux Cave paintings (prehistoric period)
• The arrival of the Romans and Latin culture (period of antiquity)
• Joanne of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) - the young peasant who liberated a part of the French territory occupied by the English during the 100 years war
• Clovis: the King who unified the kingdoms of France and adopted Christianity

Question 38: What is the name of the current French Prime Minister:

• Emmanuel Macron
• Gérard Collomb
• Edouard Philippe
• François Fillon

Question 39: Which of the following relates to the end of 18th Century AD?

• The life of Napoleon I who ruled for 15 years and established the 1st Empire. He was responsible for the Civil Code
• Constitution of a vast colonial empire through wars of conquest in the West Indies, Africa and Asia
• Abolition of slavery
• Victor Hugo - one of the greatest French writers. His works argued against social inequalities and the death penalty. He wrote Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris

Question 40: When was the French Civil Code, which defines the legal rights and duties of French citizens, established?

• The 21st March 1804 by the emperor Napoleon who prepared the code with a commission of four eminent jurists including Louis-Joseph Faure
• The 1st October 2016 when contract case law was codified into the Civil Code
• The 1st of March 1994
• The 3rd of June 1810