Official questionExamen Civique
Qui était Marguerite Yourcenar ?
Who was Marguerite Yourcenar?
Correct answer
Une écrivaine, première femme élue à l'Académie française
A writer, the first woman elected to the Académie française
Why
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987), author of Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951), became in 1980 the first woman elected to the Académie française. The abortion law was carried by Simone Veil and the Nobel in Chemistry was won by Marie Curie. In both the official naturalisation and carte de résident knowledge-question lists.
Answer choices
- AUne écrivaine, première femme élue à l'Académie françaiseA writer, the first woman elected to the Académie française
- BUne ministre qui a fait voter la loi sur l'IVGA minister who got the abortion law passed
- CUne chanteuse célèbreA famous singer
- DUne scientifique, prix Nobel de chimieA scientist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry