Official questionExamen Civique
Qui était Monsieur Rouget de Lisle ?
Who was Rouget de Lisle?
Correct answer
L'officier qui a composé La Marseillaise en 1792
The officer who composed La Marseillaise in 1792
Why
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, an army engineering officer, wrote La Marseillaise in Strasbourg in April 1792 as a war song for the Army of the Rhine. It became the national anthem in 1795 and again in 1879. From the official naturalisation knowledge-question list.
Answer choices
- ALe premier président de la Ve RépubliqueThe first President of the Fifth Republic
- BLe peintre de La Liberté guidant le peupleThe painter of Liberty Leading the People
- CL'officier qui a composé La Marseillaise en 1792The officer who composed La Marseillaise in 1792
- DUn roi de FranceA king of France