Question 1: When was the death penalty banned in France?

• 1981
• 1991
• 2001
• 1971

Question 2: 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

Question 3: 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

Question 4: 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

Question 5: Name a fourth principal of the French Republic?

• Charity (la Charité) - assisting those who are ill, disabled, or very poor
• Military Defence - that the principals of the French Revolution should, if necessary, be defended by force
• Secularism (la laïcité - the principle of separation of civil society and religious society.)
• Religion - all citizens must declare their religious beliefs in a regular census

Question 6: Place these French personages in their correct historical order:

• Jeanne d'Arc, Clovis, Henri IV, The Sun King (Louis XIV)
• Clovis, Jeanne d'Arc, Henri IV, The Sun King (Louis XIV)
• Clovis, Jeanne d'Arc, The Sun King (Louis XIV), Henri IV
• Clovis, Henri IV, Jeanne d'Arc, The Sun King (Louis XIV)

Question 7: 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 8: Who served as the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944 during the World War II?

• The Marshal of France at the end of World War I
• The Lion of Verdun
• Marshal Pétain
• All of the above

Question 9: Name a famous French philosopher:

• Claude Monet
• Arthur Rimbaud
• Marcel Proust
• Jean-Paul Sartre

Question 10: 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 11: Name a famous French poet:

• Paul Verlaine
• Albert Camus
• Marcel Proust
• Jean-Paul Sartre

Question 12: 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

Question 13: When was the French law authorising abortion, prepared by Simone Veil, passed?

• 1985
• 1965
• 1995
• 1975

Question 14: 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,

Question 15: When was the social security system, financed by French businesses and workers, established?

• 1958
• 1875
• 1789
• 1945

Question 16: 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

Question 17: What is the name of the current French Minister of the Interior:

• Edouard Philippe
• Christophe Castaner
• François Bayrou
• Bruno Le Maire

Question 18: 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"

Question 19: 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

Question 20: 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

Question 21: 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

Question 22: 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

Question 23: Who initiated the civil unrest and French general strikes of May 1968 which affected French society for decades afterwards?

• The National Student Union
• Workers at the South Aviation plant near the city of Nantes
• Students at the Nanterre campus of the University of Paris
• Workers at the Renault manufacturing complexes in the Seine Valley

Question 24: 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 25: What is the name of the French national anthem, written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?

• La Marianne
• La Marseillaise
• La Tricolore
• La Marseille

Question 26: Which of these are from the same 17th Century epoch?

• Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a.k.a. Molière, the Sun King (Louis XIV)
• Clovis, Henri IV
• Clovis, Jeanne d'Arc
• Clovis, the occupation by the Romans

Question 27: 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 28: 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

Question 29: Which of the following relates to the 15th Century AD?

• 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 30: Dalida (1933 - 1987) was a naturalised French citizen of Egyptian 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: 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 32: Name a famous French painter:

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

Question 33: Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) was a naturalised French citizen born to a Russian mother and Swiss father. For what is he best known?

• Famous French poet, notably writing "Alcools et Calligrammes"
• Painter of Russian origin 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

Question 34: 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

Question 35: 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

Question 36: 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 37: What does the date of the 1st 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)

Question 38: When was the first flight of the Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger airliner?

• 2012
• 2000
• 2018
• 2005

Question 39: 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 40: 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"