CESS & Examen d'entrée (Belgium) · French Language and Literature
French Grammar, Literature and Belgian Writers
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- Which auxiliary verb is used with the verb aller in the passé composé?
- What does the French word bibliothèque mean?
- Which is the correct plural of the noun cheval (horse)?
- Which noun is feminine?
- In French, which pronoun shows a polite or formal way to address one person?
- Which sentence is correct? "Les lettres que j'ai ___ sont sur la table."
- Complete the sentence: "Il faut que tu ___ demain." (venir)
- When do we use the imparfait rather than the passé composé?
- Complete: "Si j'avais le temps, je ___ plus souvent." (voyager)
- Which sentence correctly replaces the place "à Bruxelles" with a pronoun?
- Which sentence correctly uses the pronoun en?
- Which relative pronoun completes: "Le livre ___ je parle est très long"?
- What does the sentence "Je ne vois personne" mean?
- What does the French adverb actuellement mean?
- Which numbers are typical of French as spoken in Belgium?
- Who wrote Les Misérables, published in 1862?
- What is Voltaire's Candide?
- What is the subject of Molière's comedy Tartuffe?
- Which collection of poems did Baudelaire publish in 1857?
- What is the setting of Camus's novel L'Étranger, published in 1942?
- Which Belgian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911?
- Which detective did the Liège-born writer Georges Simenon create?
- What is Hergé, creator of Tintin?
- Who was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980?
- What is an alexandrine?
- In "Il a bu un verre" (He drank a glass), which figure of speech is used?
- Which sentence is correct?
- Which sentence completes correctly: "Bien qu'il ___ fatigué, il a continué à travailler"?
- Which sentence correctly expresses regret about the past?
- In "La ville dormait, et ses rues, vides, murmuraient son nom", which figure of speech is mainly used?
- How does Symbolism, as in the plays of Maeterlinck, differ from Realism?
- Which statement best contrasts Romanticism and Realism in 19th-century French literature?
- In "Il pleuvait quand Marie est arrivée", what do the two verbs show?
- Which Belgian poet published the collection Les Villes tentaculaires in 1895?
- Which tense is used in "J'ai mangé une pomme"?
- Which sentence puts the pronouns in the correct order to replace "le livre" and "à Marie" in "Il donne le livre à Marie"?
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