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French Literature & Poetry
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Learn some fun facts about French literature and poetry, including authors, stories, and history!
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1
Which is true of Charles d'Orleans ?
When he married his wife she was 7 years old
He was a suitor for Marie Antoinette
Died in Amboise, France
Was captured by a king and spent his life writing poetry
2
Which 19th century French water foretold that man would one day walk on the moon?
Albert Camus
Émile Zola
Jules Verne
Molière
3
Which famous French philosopher and poet was a devout deist and a Scorpio?
Voltaire
Descartes
Rousseau
Hobbes
4
All of these are true of female French poet Christine de Pisan
except
She was a court writer for dukes such as Louis d'Orleans
Her "Cité des Dames" is considered a "feminist manifesto"
She was also Italian
Wrote to earn money for her family after her parents died
5
Which French poem is regarded to be the oldest
chanson de geste
?
Fables by Jean de La Fontaine
Perceval, le Conte du Graal by Chrétien de Troyes
La Chanson de Roland by Turold
6
All of these are true about classical French poetry (late 16th to 18th century)
except
Rhymes with words that had dissimilar endings were banned
A word could not be made into a rhyme itself
Awkward vowel sounds in poetry (i.e. "il a à") were promoted
The alternance of masculine & feminine rhymes was mandated
7
Author Saint-Exupéry served in the navy, his travels inspiring him to write
Le Petit Prince
False
True
8
Which of these is true about Alexandre Dumas?
His full name is Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
He was known for his many affairs
His grandmother spent her early life as a Haitian slave.
9
Poet and author Victor Hugo wrote:
Notre-Dams de Paris
Les Miserables
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
10
What does
nom de plume
translate to?
Pen name
Name of umbrellas
Name of poets
Writer's block
11
What does
chanson de geste
directly translate to?
"Cat of gestures"
"Song of deeds"
12
Which of these is true about Voltaire?
He set up a successful watchmaking business in his old age
Helped popularize the tale about Isaac Newton and the apple
He was imprisoned in Bastille for a year
His real name is François-Marie Arouet
13
Which French poet was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1995 movie
Total Eclipse
?
Paul Verlaine
Charles Baudelaire
Paul Valéry
Arthur Rimbaud
14
What are four French literature eras? (these are not all of them)
Medieval, Renaissance, Surrealism, Dadaism
Renaissance, Classicism, Rationalism, Romanticism
Rationalism, Renaissance, Novelism, Classicism
Medieval, Classicism, Modernism, Abstractism
