French Quiz Harvard 1953 B13

writing

100

Add the correct article:
 ___ horloge est sur le mur.

 Answer: l’

200

1. Rewrite in plural:
    Le garçon est gentil.
   
   

 Answer: Les garçons sont gentils.

300

1. Put the words in order:
    boit / eau / de / il / l’
   
   

 Answer: Il boit de l’eau.

400

Conjugate the verb:
 Nous ______ (aller) au cinéma.
 

Answer: allons

reading

100

Read:

Paul aime la nature. Le week-end, il marche dans la forêt avec son chien.

5. What does Paul like?
   
   

 Answer: nature

200

When does he go walking?
 

Answer: week-end

300

5. Where does he walk?
   
   
   

 Answer: forêt

400

5. Who goes with him?
   
   

 Answer: chien

vocabulary

100

French word for star?

 Answer: étoile

200

9. 
   

Meaning of “peut-être”?

 

Answer: maybe

300

Which word means moon?
 a) lune
 b) soleil
 c) nuage
 d) étoile
 

Answer: lune

400

Opposite of long?
 

Answer: court

culture/trivia

100

What famous French museum houses the Mona Lisa?

 Answer: Louvre

200

13. 
    

What French pastry is filled with cream and shaped like a ring?

 

Answer: Paris-Brest

300

13. What French holiday celebrates the liberation of France in WWII on May 8?
    
    

 Answer: Victoire 1945

400

13. What famous river runs through the city of Orléans?
    
    

 Answer: Loire