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French Culture - 2

Subject : culture
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. When is military time often used in France?






2. What is a francophone?






3. Where were French fries invented?






4. What is a 'beignet?'






5. What is a 'fluer de lys?'






6. What is a 'muguet?'






7. What is a 'boulangerie?'






8. What is an hor d'






9. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'






10. What is Cannes?

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11. What was the prior currency in France?






12. What Canadian province is Montreal in?






13. What is 'fat Tuesday?'






14. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.






15. To What does 'terminale' refer?






16. What is the main river in Paris?






17. Translate 'la vin.'






18. What do French people do when they greet each other?






19. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?






20. What are 'faires les bises?'






21. What is an Anglophone?






22. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?






23. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?






24. What are bouquinistes?






25. What is a gallette?






26. What is a Francophile?






27. When and Why would you say 'lapin - lapin?'






28. What is the most famous museum in France?






29. What is 'le college?'






30. How are dates written in France?






31. What is the 'baccalauréat?'






32. What is 'le tricolore?'






33. What and Where is the 'Caf






34. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'






35. What is the current currency in France?






36. What is 'le m






37. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'






38. What is a 'p






39. What is the former name of France?






40. What is 'le hexagon?'






41. Translate 'la pain.'






42. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?






43. What is 'la Manche?'






44. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?






45. What is 'La Marseilles?'






46. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?






47. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'






48. What is a baobab?






49. What are two mountain ranges in France?






50. What is the TGV?