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La Légion d'honneur
French Listening Comprehension
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How well did you understand the report on la Légion d'honneur? Take this test to find out. If the questions seem too difficult, you can listen to the audio again and/or read the transcript/translation.
  

1. Quelles sont les deux dates de "naissance" de la Légion d'honneur données dans le reportage ?

2. Qui l'a créée ?

3. Combien de grades originaux y avait-il ? Comment s'appelaient-ils ?

4. L'insigne est en forme de/d' _____ mais on l'appelle le/la/l' _____.

5. Combien de grades y a-t-il actuellement ? Comment s'appellent-ils ?

6. Comment s'appelle l'ordre de décoration créé dans les années soixante ?

Answers below

La Légion d'honneur
French Listening Comprehension Exercise
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Sound files and transcript were originally published in
Champs-Élysées audiomagazine (read my review)
and are used with the permission of
Champs-Élysées, Inc.
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Answers

1. Le 29 floréal An X (French Republican calendar), le 19 mai 1802

2. Napoléon Bonaparte

3. 4 : légionnaire, officier, commandant, grand officier

4. L'insigne est en forme d'étoile mais on l'appelle la croix des braves.

5. 5 : chevalier, officier, commandeur, grand officier, grand-croix

6. l'Ordre national du Mérite

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