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Question 1: 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
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Question 2: 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 3: Which document banned the wearing of religious symbols in schools and by state workers?

  • Declaration of the rights of man (1789)
  • The Constitution of the 5th Republic 1958
  • The Treaty of Rome 1957
  • The law of 15 March 2004
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Question 4: 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 5: How many French Departments are there?

  • 96
  • 101
  • 111
  • 98
French Departments comprise 18 Regions (12 in Metropolitan France, Corisca and 5 over-seas (d'outre mer)
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Question 6: 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 7: What were the estimated numbers of deaths in the First and Second World War respectively?

  • 50 million, 9 million
  • 8 millinon, 50 million
  • 9 million, 50 million
  • 8 million, 30 million
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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 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 10: 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 11: Which of the following relates to the 19th Century AD?

  • 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
  • All of the above
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Question 12: What are some of the responsibilities of the elected officials of local French communities (les Communes)?

  • 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 13: France has 43 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Which is the most visited such site in Normandy?

  • Mont-Saint-Michel
  • Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  • The Allied landing beaches
  • Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
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Question 14: 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 15: Name a famous French painter:

  • Marcel Proust
  • Albert Camus
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Auguste Renoir
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Question 16: Name a famous French sculptor:

  • Édith Piaf
  • Albert Camus
  • Auguste Rodin
  • Simone de Beauvoir
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Question 17: When did the First World War begin and end?

  • 28th July 1914 to the 11th of November 1918
  • 28th July 1914 to the 9th of November 1918
  • 14th July 1914 to the 11th of November 1918
  • 14th July 1914 to the 9th of November 1918
The end of the First World War is marked by a national holiday in France (la Fête de l'Armistice) - marking the armistice signed between the Germans and the Allies.
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Question 18: Which of the following relates to the 17th 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 French Revolution
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Question 19: What are the time intervals of local elections in France?

  • Municipalities (Mayor and Municipal Councillors - every 5 years), Departmental Councillors (every 6 years), Regional Councillors (every 6 years)
  • Municipalities (Mayor and Municipal Councillors - every 6 years), Departmental Councillors (every 5 years), Regional Councillors (every 5 years)
  • Municipalities (Mayor and Municipal Councillors - every 5 years), Departmental Councillors (every 5 years), Regional Councillors (every 5 years)
  • Municipalities (Mayor and Municipal Councillors - every 6 years), Departmental Councillors (every 6 years), Regional Councillors (every 6 years)
The Senate is the representative of metropolitan and overseas authorities, and of French citizens living outside France. The 348 senators are elected by indirect universal suffrage by approximately 162,000 electors. In each department, senators are elected by an electoral college of electors made up of elected representatives from that constituency: deputies and senators, regional councillors, departmental councillors and municipal councillors, elected to their positions by universal suffrage. A senator is elected for a 6-year term.
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Question 20: 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 21: 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
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Question 22: 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
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Question 23: 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
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Question 24: Haroun Tazieff (1914 - 1998) was a naturalised French citizen of Polish origin. What is he best known for?

  • A singer in the 1960's. A French great
  • The father of volcanology who made his discipline known to the general public
  • A journalist famous and TV presenter famous for programs such as Intervilles and his commentaries on the Tour de France, Olympics and Eurovision Song Contest
  • A painter - one of the founders of abstract art
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Question 25: 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)
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Question 26: When was the social security system, financed by French businesses and workers, established?

  • 1958
  • 1875
  • 1789
  • 1945
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Question 27: 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
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Question 28: Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was a naturalised French citizen of American 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"
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Question 29: 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.
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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Question 30: When was the death penalty banned in France?

  • 1981
  • 1991
  • 2001
  • 1971
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Question 31: Approximately how many French communes are there?

  • 101
  • 36,000
  • 18
  • 12
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Question 32: Name a famous French poet:

  • Paul Verlaine
  • Albert Camus
  • Marcel Proust
  • Jean-Paul Sartre
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Question 33: When was the third republic formed?

  • 1830
  • 1848
  • 1875
  • 1885
Jules Ferry, Minister of Public Education for the third republic in the early 1880s, established free, secular public teaching.
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Question 34: 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
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Question 35: 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 36: Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) was a naturalised French citizen of Polish origin. For what is she best known?

  • 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: 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 38: 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 39: 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
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Question 40: 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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