FRN V Midterm Review - Culture

On trouve des couleurs ___ dans les peintures haïtiennes.

• vives

• sombres

• de noir et blanc

• douces

What does it mean if someone says : "J'ai eu un coup de coeur" or "C'est mon coup de coeur du moment'?

• They fell in love with someone.

• They are having a heart attack.

• They drew a heart.

• They discovered something that they really like.

What is "La Comédie-Française"?

• A Parisian theater, associated with the playwright Molière.

• A French television comedie series.

• A genre of French cinema.

• The name of a movie about the ridiculousness of French people.

Le Roi Soleil and Notre Dame de Paris are two well-known French...

• books

• musicals

• movies

• songs

What happened at Les Plaines d'Abraham in Québec?

• The French defeated the British for control of Québec in 1759.

• the British defeated the French for control of Québec in 1759.

• Abraham met his wife Sarah and had their son, Isaac.

• Abraham started what would become the largest farm in North America.

Ousmane Sembène is a ___ senegalese.

• architect

• painter

• architect

• film-maker

Who are the Frères Dardenne?

• Belgian singers

• Belgian film-makers

• Belgian sculptors

• Belgian dancers

Zydeco, Cajun and Swamp Blues are music styles in...

• Algeria

• the Caribbean

• Louisiana

• France

Tintin is one of the most popular Belgian comic books.

• True

• False

In France, it is impolite to ask personal questions when you barely know someone and people are UNinterested in gossip about politicians personal lives.

• True

• False