I have absolutely no knowledge of French, and I've never
studied French culture, but I was able to answer 3 of the 5
questions.
pax/shalom/salaam, Darrell http://wildfaith.blogspot.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Vorzimmer
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Black Money & the Test
Questions
> I agree with Bill that the test questions are
ridiculous, as the man who
writes them knows the
> answers and is not himself French, so obviously
others could, as well.
I agree. As a typical American working-class
stiff, albeit with a college
degree, with just a passing knowledge of French
culture, I was able to
answer four out of the five test questions. It
was only because I don't
speak French and had read Flowers of Evil in
translation that I didn't
recognize the quote at first.
I think any educated person with a working
knowledge of French would have
been able to answer all of the questions. The
first film version of Les
Liaisons (the "modernized" version) was a fairly
recent release in the
States at that time.
Jeff
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