FRENCH History

FRENCH HOMEWORK

1. Cro-Magnon men lived in the Swiss Alps.

2. There is no clear line to divide ancient from modern France.

3. France has always been a crossroad of human migrations.

4. Prehistoric men followed herds of reindeer south.

5. The discovery of Cro-Magnon in France occured in the 20th century.

A. True

B. False

6. The caves in the south of France – particularly in the Périgord region of the southwest – were an ideal habitat for humans.

A. True

B. False

7. The Lascaux cave drawings represent a variety of animals in different sizes and groupings and are very colorful.

9. The discussion of money in public is acceptable and appropriate for the French.

A. True

B. False

10. Traces of prehistoric life in France are found mainly in the north.

A. True

B. False

11. What do you think of Luigi Barzini’s observation that the rooster is an appropriate repesentation of the French national character?

The choice is fortuitous, of course, because of a Latin pun, Gallus, meaning both the courtyard animal and the inhabitant of Gaul. The English pun could probably be considered even more apt. The brilliantly plumed cock is the first to announce the dawn of a new day to everybody, dominates his immediate world, seduces and fecundates all the unresisting hens, destroys his rivals, and crows triumphantly from the top of the dungheap. (Barzini 1983, 120)

Asselin, Gilles; Mastron, Ruth (2010-07-16). Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French (p. 12). Nicholas Brealey Publishing. Kindle Edition.