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AP French personal and public identities test answer key with scoring for AP French (free PDF download)

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The questions are on the AP French Personal And Public Identities test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.

Quick answer: The AP French theme Personal and Public Identities explores how language, beliefs, origins and nationality shape who people are. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the AP French test on personal and public identities, from vocabulary to short essay, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Use this key to grade the test. Each answer gives a model response and the scoring. Accept any correct equivalent that respects the grammar, and give partial points on the writing task according to the criteria, rewarding accurate subjunctive and clear connectors.

Level: AP French Language and Culture · Standards: AP French Language and Culture (College Board CED), Theme: Personal and Public Identities

Question 1 Vocabulary (2 points)

a. l’appartenance · b. la langue maternelle

Scoring: 1 point each; article required.

Question 2 Concession (2 points)

a. parle (subjunctive, same spelling) · b. est

Scoring: 1 point each; bien que needs the subjunctive, même si the indicative.

Question 3 Nationality agreement (2 points)

a. marocaines et suisses · b. québécoise

Scoring: 1 point each; both blanks in a must be right.

Question 4 Read the profile card (3 points)

a. Born in Casablanca, lives in Montpellier. b. Arabic, French and English. c. As a bit of both shores.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 5 Read the passage (3 points)

a. At nine. b. Everyone must speak Creole on Sundays. c. She finds it tiring but admits it helped her keep her roots.

Scoring: 1 point each; c needs both ideas.

Question 6 Correct the mistakes (2 points)

a. Elle est française. b. Bien qu’il soit timide, il parle beaucoup.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 7 Translate (2 points)

J’ai l’impression de vivre entre deux cultures, bien que je sois heureux (heureuse) ici.

Scoring: 1 point for the first clause, 1 point for bien que + subjunctive.

Question 8 Short essay (4 points)

Model answer: Ma voisine Binta est née à Dakar. Elle parle wolof avec ses parents et français avec ses amis. Bien qu’elle vive à Lille, elle garde les fêtes de son village. Pourtant, elle se sent aussi lilloise. Pour elle, sa langue est un pont entre deux pays.

Scoring: 1 content, 1 subjunctive, 1 connector, 1 overall accuracy.

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