FranceListe CSP, n° 150 · Liste naturalisation, n° 173 · History, geography and culture
Who was Simone de Beauvoir?
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Qui était Simone de Beauvoir ?
- aThe minister who had the abortion law passedLa ministre qui a fait voter la loi sur l'IVG
- bA scientist who won the Nobel Prize twiceUne scientifique deux fois prix Nobel
- cA famous singer of the 1950sUne chanteuse célèbre des années 1950
- dA writer and philosopher, a leading figure of feminismUne écrivaine et philosophe, figure du féminismeCorrect answer
Why?
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) was a French writer and philosopher. In The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe), she wrote: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” She should not be confused with Simone Veil, the minister who had the law on abortion (IVG) adopted in 1975.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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