1. Who is the employer
of professors in public schools and universities ?
- School boards ?
- The State
- Cities and Regions ?
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2. The % of Textile, Food, Wine,
Water, Alcoholic Beverages, Perfumes and Beauty in the French
exports to the USA is :
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3. What does it mean when someone
asks : do you take the "pont"
(bridge) ?
- Are you going over a river ?
- Are you making a four-day week
end with one day off ?
- Did you get a raise ?
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4. What is the name of the final exam in high schools
?
- No exam
- Baccalauréat
- Abitur
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5. The Hunchback
of Notre-Dame ("Quasimodo") is a character from
- Victor Hugo
- Collodi
- Walt Disney
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6. The Public
sector in France employs
- less than 2 million
- between 2 and 6 million
- more than 6 million
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7. What is the cost of tuition
at Sorbonne for a year?
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8. For the French the "exception culturelle française"
(the French cultural exception) means :
- French culture is more sophisticated
than other cultures
- Cultural goods should not be
treated like the other goods
- The French have something that
no other people has
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9. Georges
Brassens was :
- A politician
- A singer
- A sculptor
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10. How many four-year-old French children attend school ?
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11. What is the temperature
of boiling water in ° Centigrade ?
- 100 ° Centigrade
- 0 ° Centigrade
- 232 ° Centigrade
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12. What is "la Francophonie"
?
- A computer software to learn
French
- A group of countries where French
is an official language
- The French accent in a foreign
language
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13. What is a "Grande
Ecole" ?
- A good high school
- A sort of university
- A school for very tall people
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14. Frequently used acronyms
: what is ?
- SNCF : ..............
- SMIC : .............
- RTT : .............
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15. Who was Vercingetorix
?
- A XIXth Century singer ?
- The leader of the Gauls against
Caesar ?
- A character in a popular comic
strip?
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16. The " Hundred
Year War " against England took place
- between 1066 and 1166
- between 1337 to 1453
- between 1722 and 1812
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17. Who invented the smart
card ?
- Steve Jobs (American)
- Roland Moreno (French)
- Vladislav Tomasewicz (Polish)
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18.
Productivity per hour in France, compared to USA=100 is (in
2004) :
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19. The
economic ranking of France
is :
- among the first five world economic
powers
- between sixth and 10th
- between 11th and 15th
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20. The national
bird of France is :
- the rooster
- the sparrow
- the pigeon
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21. In politics,
a " liberal " is
and a " radical "
is
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22. The "pieds-noirs"
(black feet) are :
- Homeless people
- Former European residents in
Algeria
- Members of the Anarchist movement
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23. To read about sports,
the French read :
- L'Express
- L'Equipe
- Sports Illustrated
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24. Johnny Hallyday was
- A French rock star
- An English writer
- A Belgian soccer star
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25. " La rentrée
" is :
- The day kids go back to school
- The access door to a theater
- The period of sales
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26. A " Comité
d'Entreprise " is :
- The board of directors
- A worker's association
- A partnership of companies
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27. Who said : "Our
armies will bring to the world Liberty and the Rights of
Man " ?
- George W.Bush
- Napoleon
- Stalin
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28. What was the
main cause of the suburban riots in Nov.2005 ?
- The place of Islam in France
- Un-employment for unskilled
workers
- Racism in France
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29. In WW2, French
military losseswere :
- around 10% of US military losses
- about the same
- twice bigger
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30. Are there volcanoes
in France ?
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31. Rosé wine is made of
- 100% red grapes
- 2/3 red 1/3 white
- 1/3 red 2/3 white
- 100% white grapes
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32. In the French health system
- You must choose your doctor on a list of 12
- You are assigned a doctor
- You can choose freely your doctor
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33. The French national motto is" Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". Which one is considered the most important?
- Liberty
- Equality
- Fraternity
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34. Your are retired and your former employer collapses. Your pension is :
- Paid by the State
- Unchanged
- It depends
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35. What's a "Trou Normand" :
- A bomb hole on the Normandy beaches
- A glass of alcohol during a meal
- A musical comedy
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36. In 2012, what was the maximum % of their income French taxpayers could pay ?
- less than 50%
- between 50% and 100%
- more than 100%
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37. Do you know the movie Les Tontons Flingueurs ?
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38. Can you ask for a doggy bag in a restaurant?
- Yes
- Never
- It depends what kind of restaurant
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39. In which style armchairs have no straight lines?
- Louis XV
- Louis XVI
- Empire
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40. The red conic sign above tobacco shops represents :
- the Ministry of Finance
- a carot
- a bottle of wine
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41. The Yellow Vests demonstrations in 2018-2019 were organized by
- the Communist party
- the Extreme Right party
- no party at all
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42. What is a "cahier de vacances" (vacation notebook) : a notebook
- to record what you did
- a list of all the vacation you're entitled to
- a notebook for schoolwork during vacation
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43. What was the nationality of John Calvin :
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- You score : less than 15 = do some homework and read a few books, more than 35 = visit France, you might enjoy it a lot
- More to come....
(and more questions in US Government's
documents)
- Read the page
"geographical facts about France"
- See some of
the questions asked to people applying for French
citizenship
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