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French political institutions test answer key with scoring for French B2 (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: France is governed under the Fifth Republic: the President, elected for five years, names the Prime Minister, while Parliament votes laws in two chambers, the Assemblée nationale and the Sénat. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the French B2 test on French political institutions, from vocabulary match to explain laïcité, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Answer key and scoring guide of the French B2 test on French political institutions. Take the test first without notes, then score it here and revise with the lesson.

Use this answer key to mark the test out of 20. Give half credit when the structure is correct but one agreement or preposition is wrong, and mark the open question with the scoring grid below the model answer.

Level: French B2 (CEFR upper intermediate) · Standards: CEFR B2, Reading

French political institutions: answers and scoring

Question 1 Vocabulary match (2 points)

1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a

Scoring: 0.5 point per match.

Question 2 Passive voice (2 points)

  1. sont élus
  2. a été promulguée
  3. ont été nommés
  4. a été dissoute

Scoring: 0.5 point per item; 0 if agreement is missing.

Question 3 Active to passive (2 points)

  1. Les lois sont votées par le Parlement.
  2. La députée a été élue par les citoyens.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 if the agreement is wrong.

Question 4 Prepositions and pronouns (2 points)

  1. au
  2. par
  3. dont
  4. pour qui

Scoring: 0.5 point per item.

Question 5 True or false? (2 points)

  1. False: five years (cinq ans).
  2. True.

Scoring: 1 point each, including the correction.

Question 6 Reading: a bill in progress (4 points)

  1. The National Assembly.
  2. It modified the bill.
  3. A joint committee meets; finally the Assembly has the last word.
  4. Only after this stage.

Scoring: 1 point per answer.

Question 7 Translate into French (2 points)

  1. Les sénateurs sont élus pour six ans.
  2. Le gouvernement a été nommé par le Président.

Scoring: 1 point each; 0.5 for one small error.

Question 8 Explain laïcité (4 points)

Model answer: La laïcité est la neutralité de l’État envers les religions. La loi de 1905 a séparé les Églises et l’État. Chacun est libre de croire ou de ne pas croire, et les services publics traitent tous les citoyens de la même façon, sans tenir compte de leur religion.

Scoring: 1 point definition; 1 point 1905 law; 1 point consequence; 1 point language accuracy.

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