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French Négritude test answer key with scoring for French 4 (free PDF download)

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Négritude: Three Poets and the Words of Identity – French 4 test answer key with Zoé, the Français PDF coach

The questions are on the French Négritude test. Take it under real conditions before reading the answer key.

Quick answer: Négritude was a literary and cultural movement started in Paris in the 1930s by Black francophone students, mainly Aimé Césaire from Martinique, Léopold Sédar Senghor from Senegal and Léon-Gontran Damas from French Guiana. This scoring guide gives the expected answers and the points for the 8 questions of the French 4 test on Négritude, from writers and works to short writing, with the equivalent answers to accept.

Answer key and scoring guide of the French 4 test on Négritude. Take the test first without notes, then score it here and revise with the lesson.

Use the model answers and the scoring notes below. In the writing question, accept any accurate paraphrase in correct French, and deduct points for copied poetry, wrong facts or missing agreement.

Level: French 4 (high school, ACTFL Intermediate Mid) · Standards: ACTFL Intermediate Mid, WL 1.2 Interpretive, WL 1.3 Presentational, WL 4.1 Language Comparisons, WL 2.2 Cultural Products

Négritude: answers and scoring

Question 1 Writers and works (3 points)

a) Cahier d’un retour au pays natal b) Pigments c) Chants d’ombre.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 2 Identity vocabulary (3 points)

a) dignity b) to claim c) diaspora.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 3 True or false (2 points)

a) False: he was born in Senegal. b) True.

Scoring: 1 point each; correction needed in (a).

Question 4 Prepositions (2 points)

a) en b) au

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 5 Verb forms (2 points)

a) est devenu b) ont refusé

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 6 English to French (2 points)

a) Selon Césaire, la fierté est une force. b) Le poète est fier de son héritage.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 7 Reading (3 points)

a) In Fort-de-France. b) At 7:00 p.m. on Friday. c) It honors Aimé Césaire with readings of texts he inspired; entry is free.

Scoring: 1 point each.

Question 8 Short writing (3 points)

Model: Selon les poètes de la Négritude, la culture africaine a de la valeur. Ils affirment leur fierté d’être noirs et refusent l’assimilation. Leurs poèmes parlent d’identité et de mémoire.

Scoring: 1 point for correct facts, 1 point for grammar and agreement, 1 point for own words and use of selon/affirmer.

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