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1
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Who wrote Madame Bovary?

A

Flaubert

2
Q

What French author is associated with the naturalist movement?

A

Zola

3
Q

What is the baccalaureate? Who failed it twice?

A

It is a test taken after high school to get into college. Zola failed it twice.

4
Q

Who wrote the testament and the little testament?

A

Villon

5
Q

Bardot was married to which French film director?

A

Vadim

6
Q

What was the “Preface de Cromwell”?

A

Hugo’s rules for romanticism

7
Q

Explain the Dreyfus affair.

A

Accused of giving secrets to Germany during the war but was really persecuted out of antisemitism.

8
Q

What century is Molière associated with?

A

17th

9
Q

Which movie made Bardot famous?

A

“And God created woman”

10
Q

Which author disappeared from sight and no one knows what happened to him?

A

Villon

11
Q

Who wrote Salambô?

A

Flaubert

12
Q

Who or what is Marianne? Who was once the face of Marianne?

A

Marianne is the symbol of French liberty and Bardot was once the face of it.

13
Q

Identify Hernani.

A

Victor Hugo’s play on how romanticism should be.

14
Q

Name 2 major works by Molière.

A

Tartuffe and Le Misanthrope

15
Q

Who wrote J’accuse? And what was the importance of this work?

A

Zola wrote this piece accusing high army officials of being antisemitic.

16
Q

Name the 2 major novels of victor Hugo that were named in class.

A

Les Miserables and the hunch back of notre dame

17
Q

What was the naturalist movement?

A

It applied scientific principles to literature.

18
Q

Who retired from acting and became an animal activist?

A

Bardot

19
Q

Who was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?

A

Molière

20
Q

Which of the last two authors were poets?

A

Victor Hugo and Villon