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Exam 1 FRE 105
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Total:             ______/100 

A. A. Geography  _______________/10pts
1--What is the natural border between France and Spain?_______________________________________
2—What is the longest river in France? _____________________
3-- Which city, capital of Alsace, is at the crossroads of France, Luxembourg and Germany? _____________
4—Give one cultural characteristic for the regions of Brittany:____________ and Provence___________

5—Which is the largest city after Paris? ______________

6—Dijon is the capital of which region? Give 2 food products from this area:_______________/___________________/______________________

7__What is the highest peak in France? _______________In which mountain range is it?____________

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B. Culture__________/10 pts

1--Give definitions for "culture" and give and example of "stereotype"

2- In your opinion, what is the best symbol of French culture? Why?

3- Cite one difference between French and American ways that you noticed in the video “ Cultural Differences at the heart of BULL”, viewed in class.

4-Explain this difference (other than remark in question 5 below) with what you know of French and American values, using the theory (terms and definitions) provided by anthropologist Edward Hall

5-Similarly, can you explain why Americans think that the French are “hard to get to know” and why the French think Americans are “superficial” in friendship.

C. ART____________/15pts - View the ppt on Art
1. Name the painters of the following paintings /2. Their century / 3. What Art movement did they represent? Romanticism/Realism/ Cubism/ Impressionism/ Surrealism/ Fauvism/Dadaism/

A. 1.___________________2._________ 3____________________

B. 1. ______________________2.____________ 3. _______________________

C.1.________________2.____________3._________________________

2. Draw and label the archways of the Romanesque and Gothic styles in medieval architecture.

3. Name this sculpture______________ and its artist_________________

4. The author of this painting was a 18th c neo-classicist . Who?__________________

5. Why is this art style a reaction to the Baroque and the Roccoco movements?  ____________________

D. Paris ________/15 pts -View the ppt on Paris
1. Name these places/monuments 
1___________2________

3________ 4________ 5_________

2. Paris (10pts). If you were to recommend places to visit in Paris, which would these be?

Mention 2: one on the Left bank ________, one on the Right bank __________.

Comment briefly on their respective interests.

3. Without repeating yourself, cite two examples of Paris architecture :

1/- one modern/high tech (build in the last 20 years):

2/- an old building dating from the 17^th->19thc :

3/- Give one fact about Paris that you discovered through the Paris website project?

(from your own group research or others’)

4. Why is Paris in a region called “Ile de France”? (=Island of France)

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E. History------(30 pts) View the Powerpoint on History

Match the appropriate event or person with the period e.g 1-K _____   /15 pts

1- Napoleon Bonaparte	K	A. 1940-45
2.-Fifth Republic, Modern France		B. 1914-1918
3- Baroque Art		C. 500-600 AD
4-The Second World War		D. 1572 St Bartholomew’s Massacre
5-The French Revolution		E. 59-52 BC
6- Joan of Arc		F. 17th Century
7-Renaissance		G. 1958
8-The Franks (Germanic invasions)		H. 1066
9- First World War		I. the 100 years War (14-15thc)
10- French Invasion of England by William the Conqueror		J. 16th century
11. Julius Caesar and the Gaulish wars		K. 1815 (Waterloo)
12- Industrial revolution & the Eiffel Tower		L. 30,000 BC
13- Catherine of Medicis		M. May 1968
14- Social revolution (Intellectuals & Workers)		N. 1789
15- Cave paintings		O. 19^th century

2. Match events/personalities/time.   ________  /15

1-King Clovis	A. Religious tolerance Edict of Nantes 1598(Catholic/Protestant)
2- General De Gaulle	B. The Song of Roland
3- Napoleon III	C. Rabies vaccine
4- Charlemagne	D. Conversion to Christianity
5- Louis Pasteur	E. Canada
6- Humanism	F. Freeing Jerusalem form the Turks
7-Louis XIV	G. Rabelais (“Carpe Diem”)
8- Crusades	H. Loss of Alsace to the Prussians 1871
9- Henri IV	I. Versailles
10-Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette	J. Resistance to the Nazi occupation
11- Manuscripts	K. Châteaux
12- The Bourbon dynasty	L. Medieval literature
13- The Loire Valley	M. The French Revolution
14-Samuel de Champlain	N The “Louis”
15- The Bastille	0. Guillotine

3. Short essays____________/10

a)What period of French history is here represented? Can you explain the life and society of Feudal times

by looking at these illustrations (one paragraph ,5 lines)?

b)What character of French history do you find most interesting and why?(5 lines).

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