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Littérature et arts

17 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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  1. Who wrote À la recherche du temps perdu?
  2. Who wrote the novel Les Misérables?
  3. Who wrote Candide?
  4. Which painter created the Mona Lisa, kept at the Louvre?
  5. Who wrote the novel Germinal?
  6. Who wrote the comedy Tartuffe?
  7. Which film festival awards the Palme d'Or?
  8. Which author is known for De l'esprit des lois (1748) and the separation of powers?
  9. Which painting gave its name to Impressionism?
  10. Who wrote Madame Bovary?
  11. Which composer wrote Boléro?
  12. Who wrote the tragedy Phèdre?
  13. Who wrote Du contrat social (1762)?
  14. Who wrote the Fables published in the seventeenth century?
  15. Which architect designed the glass pyramid of the Louvre?
  16. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
  17. Who wrote the novel L'Étranger?

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