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Question 1: 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
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Question 2: When was the social security system, financed by French businesses and workers, established?

  • 1958
  • 1875
  • 1789
  • 1945
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Question 3: What was the date of the first French Revolution?

  • 5 May 1789 (the date of the opening of the Estates General)
  • 9 November 1799 (The coup of the 18th Brumaire orchestrated by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
  • The period between 5 May 1789 and 9 November 1799
  • 25 February 1848
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Question 4: What do the colours of the French flag symbolise?

  • The three principles of the French Republic - freedom, equality and fraternity
  • The three estates of France prior to the revolution comprising the clergy (the First Estate), nobles (the Second Estate), and peasants and bourgeoisie (the Third Estate)
  • The uniform colours of the Bourgeois Militia of Paris (later to become Revolutionary France's National Guard)
  • The red and blue cockade of Paris and the white cockade of the king
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Question 5: Who is Marianne?

  • The French Queen at the time of the first French Revolution.
  • An official Government symbol, introduced after the Second World War, marking the liberation of France
  • A symbol of the French monarchy supplanted by the French Revolution
  • A national symbol of the French Republic, a personification of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
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Question 6: Approximately how many French communes are there?

  • 101
  • 36,000
  • 18
  • 12
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Question 7: When was the first flight of the Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger airliner?

  • 2012
  • 2000
  • 2018
  • 2005
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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)
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Question 9: What is guaranteed by the principal of "Equality" in the French Republic?

  • All citizens have the same rights regardless of sex, origin, religion or sexual orientation
  • All men have the same rights regardless of origin, religion or sexual orientation
  • All citizens have the same rights regardless of sex, origin or religion. Some rights are limited depending on sexual orientation
  • All citizens have the same rights regardless of sex, sexual orientation and origin. Some rights are limited depending on religion
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Question 10: What does the date of the 8th of May represent?

  • The start of the First World War in 1914
  • The end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945
  • The opening of the Estates General in 1789 marking the start of the French Revolution
  • The annual Labour Day celebration (la Fête du Travail)
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Question 11: Which of the following relates to the time period 50 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
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Question 12: 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
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Question 13: Who was the Allies' supreme military commander present at the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War?

  • Field Marshal (Maréchal) Ferdinand Foch
  • Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss
  • Rear-Admiral George Hope
  • General Maxime Weygand,
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Question 14: Vassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944) was a naturalised French citizen of Russian 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
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Question 15: What religious symbols can be worn by students in French schools?

  • The Hijab (a veil worn by some Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family)
  • The Christian cross
  • The Kirpan (a sword or small dagger carried by Sikhs)
  • None of the above
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Question 16: Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) was a naturalised French citizen of Russian 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
  • Nobel Prize winning physicist, pioneer of biomedical imaging and the detection of particles.
  • 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
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Question 17: Place these French writters in their correct historical order:

  • Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a.k.a. Molière, François-Marie Arouet, a.k.a. Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Victor Hugo
  • Victor Hugo, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a.k.a. Molière, François-Marie Arouet, a.k.a. Voltaire, Denis Diderot
  • Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a.k.a. Molière, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, François-Marie Arouet, a.k.a. Voltaire
  • Victor Hugo, François-Marie Arouet, a.k.a. Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot
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Question 18: Which is the highest mountain in the European Union at 4,807m?

  • Mont-Blanc
  • The Matterhorn
  • Monte Rosa
  • Dom
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Question 19: 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
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Question 20: Françoise Giroud (1916 - 2003) was a naturalised French citizen of Swiss origin. What is she best known for?

  • Discovered the atom at the start of the 20th century. Entombed at the Panthéon in Paris
  • Engaged in the struggle against apartheid and the first South African singer (Pata, Pata) to win a Grammy Award
  • A journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician, co-founder of the Express, and two times Secretary of State
  • A French poet and writer
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Question 21: Who was François Mitterand?

  • 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
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Question 22: What did the taking of the Bastille symbolise?

  • The true start of the French Revolution
  • The end of "absolute" monarchy and the acceleration of the revolutionary popular process
  • The reconstitution of the "Third Estate" (with its representatives drawn from the commoners), into the National Assembly
  • The end of the financial problems caused by Louis XVI's intervention in the American Revolution
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the afternoon of 14 July 1789, a date which was later designated as a National Holiday (la Fête Nationale Française, Bastille Day in English) by the law of 1880.
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Question 23: How many French Regions are there?

  • 18
  • 12
  • 13
  • 5
French Regions are comprised of 101 Departments.
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Question 24: 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"
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Question 25: When was the French law authorising abortion, prepared by Simone Veil, passed?

  • 1985
  • 1965
  • 1995
  • 1975
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Question 26: 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)
Overseas communities (COMs) are governed by Article 74 of the French Constitution. The specific status of each of the overseas collectivities is determined by regional legislation which specifies which French laws and regulations apply
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Question 27: 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
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Question 28: 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
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Question 29: How many French citizens were there in 2014?

  • 90 million
  • 85 million
  • 50 million
  • 66 million
French territories extend over 675 000 km² including mainland france (métropole) and overseas territories (outre-mer).
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Question 30: Joseph Kessel (1898 - 1979) was a naturalised French citizen of Argentinian 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
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Question 31: Name a famous French painter:

  • Marcel Proust
  • Albert Camus
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Auguste Renoir
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Question 32: Which of the following relates to 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 tim of Louis XIV (author of the Miser, l’Avare) (the modern epoch)
  • Reign of Louis XIV: known as the Sun King, head of an monarchy, Louis XIV established a powerful and centralized state in Paris
  • Clovis: the King who unified the kingdoms of France and adopted Christianity
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Question 33: Name a famous French sculptor:

  • Édith Piaf
  • Edgar Degas
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Auguste Renoir
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Question 34: 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)
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Question 35: Who was Jean Moulin?

  • 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 li5th Republic and a French writer, died 1970
  • President of the Republic 1981 - 1995 (voted to abolish the death penalty), died 1996
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Question 36: Miriam Makeba (1932 - 2008) was a naturalised French citizen of South African origin. What is she best known for?

  • Discovered the atom at the start of the 20th century. Entombed at the Panthéon in Paris
  • Engaged in the struggle against apartheid and the first South African singer (Pata, Pata) to win a Grammy Award
  • A journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician, co-founder of the Express, and two times Secretary of State
  • A French poet and writer
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Question 37: 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
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Question 38: What are the responsibilities of the French Government?

  • 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
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Question 39: What is the name of the French national anthem, written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?

  • La Marianne
  • La Marseillaise
  • La Tricolore
  • La Marseille
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Question 40: 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.
The Euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. Until 1 January 2002 the Euro was the official currency in France but only existed as 'book money'
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