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4 marksCurrent Affairs and Regional Integration

CAPE French Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

Section A: Reading Comprehension. Questions based on Passage 1 regarding capital punishment in France and globally. Answer in English.

State the important details about François Mitterrand provided in the passage.

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  1. 1(b)Explain what speculation the writer makes regarding a referendum.[4 marks]
  2. 1(c)Describe the circumstances under which French people usually call for the death penalty.[3 marks]
  3. 1(d)State what Aristide Briand proposed in 1980 according to the passage.[3 marks]
  4. 1(e)Summarise the information given regarding the global popularity/status of capital punishment.[2 marks]
  5. 1(f)Identify the arguments made against the death penalty in the final paragraph.[3 marks]
  6. 1(g)Find a word or phrase in paragraph 1 similar in meaning to 'suppression'.[1 mark]
  7. 1(h)Find a word or phrase in paragraph 1 similar in meaning to 'punition'.[1 mark]
  8. 1(i)Find a word or phrase in paragraph 3 similar in meaning to 'document'.[1 mark]
  9. 1(j)Find a word or phrase in paragraph 3 similar in meaning to 'route'.[1 mark]
  10. 1(k)Find a word or phrase in paragraph 4 similar in meaning to 'solides'.[1 mark]

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