Choose the right answer(s).

1. Who is the President of the French Republic now ?

   1.   ?    Jacques Chirac
   2.   ?    Alain Peron
   3.   ?    Valery Giscard d'Estaing

2. When did women win the right to vote in France ?

   1.   ?    in 1844
   2.   ?    in 1945
   3.   ?    in 2000

3. What was the name of France at the age of the Romans ?

   1.   ?    Africa
   2.   ?    Gaul
   3.   ?    Normandy

4. Who was the chief of the Gauls ?

   1.   ?    Vercingetorix
   2.   ?    Napoleon
   3.   ?    Cesar
   4.   ?    Asterix

5. When did Napoleon become Emperor ?

   1.   ?    in 1804
   2.   ?    in 1434
   3.   ?    in 1554

6. When was Charlemagne crowned Emperor of Occident ?

   1.   ?    in 1900
   2.   ?    in 800
   3.   ?    in 200

7. On which islands was Napoleon I° exiled ? (2 answers)

   1. the island of Elba
   2. the island of St-Helen
   3. the island of Beauty
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8. Who was called the "Sun King" ?

   1.   ?    Louis XIV
   2.   ?    Henri IV
   3.   ?    Jacques Chirac

9. Who was Jacques Cartier ?

   1.   ?    a French explorer who discovered Canada in the XVI° c.
   2.   ?    a French painter in the XVI° c. famous for his landscapes
   3.   ?    a French manufacturer of watches

10. In the medieval castles, what is the name of the thin slits that were used to fire arrows ?

    1.   ?    posterns
    2.   ?    donjons
    3.   ?    arrow-loops

11. What is the name of the island where Napoleon died ?

    1.   ?    Corsica
    2.   ?    Island of St-Helen
    3.   ?    Mc Donald Island

12. When did the French Revolution start ?

    1.   ?    in 1802
    2.   ?    in 1789
    3.   ?    in 1749

13. Which general has been President of France from 1958 to 1969 ?

    1.   ?    General Pompidou
    2.   ?    General Lamoricière
    3.   ?    General De Gaulle

14. Among these battles of Napoleon, which are victories ? (2 answers)

    1. Austerlitz
    2. Waterloo
    3. Iena
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15. After the death of Henri III in 1589, who became the king ?

    1.   ?    Louis XVI
    2.   ?    Charles III
    3.   ?    Henri IV

16. Which French engineer managed the work of boring the Suez Canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in 1869 ?

    1.   ?    Ferdinand de Lesseps
    2.   ?    Gustave Le Gray
    3.   ?    Eugène Delacroix

17. Whose people did Clovis be the king ?

    1.   ?    the Francs
    2.   ?    the Ostrogoths
    3.   ?    the Visigoths

18. Which king decided in 1624 to begin the building of a hunting lodge in the small village of Versailles ?

    1.   ?    Henri IV
    2.   ?    Louis XIII
    3.   ?    Louis XIV

19. In the Palace of Versailles, there are...

    1.   ?    70 rooms
    2.   ?    200 rooms
    3.   ?    700 rooms

20. The "Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen" was adopted ...

    1.   ?    October 27, 1615
    2.   ?    August 26, 1789
    3.   ?    July 14, 1879