You will be tested on vocabulary found in the web pages you have
visited since the beginning of term (lessons 1-5). Words will
be chosen especially for their usefulness and frequency, so from the
page on "La paille au moyen-âge" you will be expected to recognize
words and expressions like jonchés de paille, démission,
pêle-mêle or faire don à, but not words like prébende
or feurre.
The words will be presented in context. Two question formats
will be used, as follows:
(a) Translate the missing words or phrases: Les planchers des
appartements étaient jonchés de paille. The appartment
_______ were ________________.
(b) Circle the best choice: Les jeunes élèves étaient
couchés pêle-mêle aux pieds des professeurs).
(any old how - pleased with themselves - like spades).
Main Exam
Divided into three parts.
(1) You will be given two or three texts to read and understand,
then will be asked comprehension questions about them. Here is a short
simple example:
Text 1: Au pays des couleuvres.
Près du village de Narcisse, à 150 km au nord de Winnipeg, le Manitoba
sort de son hiver rigoureux. Le grand rassemblement des couleuvres
y a commencé. Il durera de trois semaines à un mois entre avril et
mai. Les mâles sont les premiers à apparaître, suivis par les femelles
qu'ils assaillent immédiatement en formant autour d'elles des "boules
d'accouplement". Aussitôt fécondée, la femelle part en quête d'un
terrain de chasse pour l'été.
Translate:
- "le Manitoba sort de son hiver rigoureux"
- "aussitôt fécondée ".
True, false or undecidable (i.e. the text doesn't say):
- The name of the village, Narcisse, was chosen because of the snakes.
- Male snakes arrive before female snakes.
- After coupling, females are chased away..
Answer the following questions:
- Explain in one sentence for what Narcisse is well-known.
(2) You will be given sentences to understand which incorporate the
content of the "Tips and Tricks" pages you have studied.
For example, you might be given a sentence such as "Il s'impatientait,
se plaignait comme si on l'eût oublié." and asked
either to translate it or to choose the best among two or three possible
translations (as if one wanted to forget him - as if people had forgotten
about him - as if he were forgotten).
(3) You will be asked simple grammatical questions based on the Tips
and Tricks pages you have studied. For example:
- Which of the following words is not a verb: viendrait, pensait,
croix, veux?
- What is the subject of the first sentence in Text 1?
(4) You will be tested on the False friends studied so far, using
a multiple choice format similar to that used in the exercises. False
friends may also be found in the texts in part 1, so be alert.