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French Culture - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?
2. What is a baguette?
The Euro
The Louvre
Someone Who speaks English.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
3. What is a 'beignet?'
Quebec
Someone Who speaks English.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
4. What is the main river in Paris?
On Quebec license plates.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
The Seine.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
5. What are bouquinistes?
Book vendors.
The Franc
Belgium
0-20. 10 is passing.
6. When is military time often used in France?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The Euro
The French national anthem.
On schedules.
7. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
The English Channel.
On Quebec license plates.
Senior year of high school.
The Franc
8. What is 'la Manche?'
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
The subway.
The English Channel.
9. Who were the king and queen of France during the revolution?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Belgium
Wine
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
10. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
An appetizer.
The Quebec boogy-man.
Monday
The Seine.
11. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
The French president.
Champs Elys
Mardi Gras
12. What is a 'muguet?'
The French national holiday.
Wine
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The Franc
13. What is the former name of France?
Someone Who loves French stuff.
The Louvre
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
La Gaule
14. What is a gallette?
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
La Gaule
The French national anthem.
15. How are dates written in France?
Day first - then month - then year.
Mardi Gras
The symbol of France.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
16. What is an Anglophone?
Mardi Gras
Middle School
A caf
Someone Who speaks English.
17. What is 'le college?'
Middle School
Belgium
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
La Gaule
18. To What does 'terminale' refer?
Mardi Gras
Senior year of high school.
Wise men in Africa.
The English Channel.
19. What is a Francophile?
French Labor Day.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
The Louvre
The French national anthem.
20. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
Senior year of high school.
Quebec
Champs Elys
A national exam at the end of highschool.
21. What is an hor d'
Day first - then month - then year.
A caf
Bread
An appetizer.
22. What is 'La Marseilles?'
The Quebec boogy-man.
A high speed train.
The French national anthem.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
23. What is Cannes?
24. What is 'le tricolore?'
Les Vosques and les Juras.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A nickname for the French flag.
Quebec
25. What is the grading scale in France?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
It's a celebration before Lent.
Someone Who speaks French.
0-20. 10 is passing.
26. What is the most famous museum in France?
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
French Labor Day.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
The Louvre
27. What is a baobab?
An African tree.
La Gaule
Day first - then month - then year.
Senior year of high school.
28. What are two mountain ranges in France?
An African tree.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Wine
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
29. What are 'faires les bises?'
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Middle School
Les Vosques and les Juras.
An African tree.
30. What is the current currency in France?
A high speed train.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
The Euro
The Seine.
31. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
Masterpiece.
Senior year of high school.
The symbol of France.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
32. What is a 'p
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
It's a celebration before Lent.
Masterpiece.
33. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
On Quebec license plates.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
Purple - gold - and green.
34. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
The French national holiday.
A high speed train.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Monday
35. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Champs Elys
Monday
36. What is the TGV?
A high speed train.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Wine
Purple - gold - and green.
37. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
French Labor Day.
Masterpiece.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
The subway.
38. What is 'le hexagon?'
On schedules.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
Belgium
39. What is 'le m
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
The subway.
Bread
40. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Day first - then month - then year.
Monday
41. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
Bread
Purple - gold - and green.
The French national holiday.
French Labor Day.
42. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
The Louvre
An African tree.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
43. Translate 'la pain.'
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
Day first - then month - then year.
Bread
44. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
The symbol of France.
Book vendors.
Bread
Someone Who speaks French.
45. What was the prior currency in France?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
It's a celebration before Lent.
The Franc
French Labor Day.
46. What and Where is the 'Caf
The French president.
A nickname for the French flag.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
A caf
47. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Wine
Masterpiece.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
48. Where were French fries invented?
The Louvre
A national exam at the end of highschool.
Belgium
Mardi Gras
49. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Wine
Someone Who loves French stuff.
Mardi Gras
0-20. 10 is passing.
50. Chef d'
Masterpiece.
On Quebec license plates.
A nickname for the French flag.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.