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Free Vivre ensemble practice test: 10 questions with answers.

Take this Vivre ensemble practice test in a few minutes: 10 questions on fundamental rights, institutions and the history of Luxembourg, with the right answer and an explanation. Each question is shown in French, as on our platform, with its English translation just below. No sign-up.

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How to read each question: first the wording in French, exactly as it appears on our platform, then its English translation just below. Choose your answer before you look at the correction, then read the explanation, even when you got it right.

Why French first? Our course, our student area and our mock exams are in French. Reading the French wording now helps you recognise the key terms (commune, Chambre des députés, Conseil d’État) whenever you meet them.

Question 1 · Fundamental rights

Un journaliste professionnel est entendu comme témoin par un juge dans une affaire pénale. Que lui permet en principe la loi sur la liberté d'expression dans les médias ?

A professional journalist is heard as a witness by a judge in a criminal case. What does the law on freedom of expression in the media in principle allow him to do?

  1. Refuser de témoigner sur l'ensemble des faits
    Refuse to testify on all the facts
  2. Exiger que son témoignage reste anonyme
    Demand that his testimony remain anonymous
  3. Refuser de révéler ce qui identifierait sa source
    Refuse to reveal what would identify his source
  4. Exiger l'accord préalable du Conseil de presse
    Require the prior consent of the Press Council
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Answer C. The law protects sources: a journalist heard as a witness may refuse to disclose information identifying his source, subject to exceptions (notably terrorism or threats to State security). This protection does not allow him to refuse to testify on all the facts.

Question 2 · Fundamental rights

Inculpé de vol par le juge d'instruction, Marc est placé en détention préventive. Un journal le présente déjà comme « le voleur ». Selon la Constitution, jusqu'à quand Marc est-il présumé innocent ?

Charged with theft by the investigating judge, Marc is remanded in custody. A newspaper is already calling him “the thief”. According to the Constitution, until when is Marc presumed innocent?

  1. Jusqu'à la fin de sa détention préventive
    Until his pre-trial detention ends
  2. Jusqu'au renvoi de l'affaire devant le tribunal
    Until the case is sent to trial
  3. Jusqu'à ce que sa culpabilité soit légalement établie
    Until his guilt has been legally established
  4. Jusqu'à son premier interrogatoire par le juge
    Until his first questioning by the judge
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Answer C. Article 17 of the Constitution provides that anyone accused of an offence is presumed innocent until their guilt has been legally established. Being charged, remanded in custody or sent to trial are only stages of the procedure: they do not reverse this presumption.

Question 3 · Fundamental rights

Lukas, 18 ans, a terminé ses études secondaires au Luxembourg et veut étudier la médecine en Belgique. Que prévoit la Constitution ?

Lukas, 18, has finished secondary school in Luxembourg and wants to study medicine in Belgium. What does the Constitution provide?

  1. Il doit obtenir l'accord préalable du ministre compétent
    He must obtain the competent minister's prior consent
  2. Il doit d'abord suivre une année d'études au Luxembourg
    He must first complete one year of study in Luxembourg
  3. Il est libre d'étudier au Luxembourg ou à l'étranger
    He is free to study in Luxembourg or abroad
  4. Il peut partir si la filière n'existe pas au Luxembourg
    He may leave if the course does not exist in Luxembourg
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Answer C. The Constitution provides that everyone is free to study in Luxembourg or abroad and to attend the universities of their choice. It requires no ministerial consent and sets no condition linked to the courses offered in Luxembourg.

Question 4 · Institutions

Le Gouvernement vient de déposer à la Chambre un projet de loi sur le logement. Qui décide de le renvoyer à une ou plusieurs commissions parlementaires ?

The Government has just tabled a housing bill in the Chamber. Who decides to refer it to one or more parliamentary committees?

  1. la Conférence des présidents
    the Conference of Presidents
  2. le Conseil de gouvernement
    the Government Council
  3. le Conseil d'État
    the Council of State
  4. le ministre qui l'a déposé
    the minister who tabled it
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Answer A. The Conference of Presidents refers the bill to committee; the committee then appoints a rapporteur. The Council of State gives an opinion on the text, but it does not organise the Chamber’s work.

Question 5 · Institutions

En visite à Echternach, Paulo voit de la fumée sortir d'une maison voisine. Quel numéro gratuit compose-t-il pour alerter les pompiers ?

While visiting Echternach, Paulo sees smoke coming from a neighbouring house. Which free number does he dial to alert the fire brigade?

  1. Le 113
    113
  2. Le 115
    115
  3. Le 112
    112
  4. Le 117
    117
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Answer C. 112, free and available 24 hours a day, alerts the CGDIS for the fire brigade and ambulances. 113 is the emergency number of the Grand Ducal Police.

Question 6 · Institutions

La police transmet au parquet une plainte pour un vol de faible valeur. Le procureur décide de classer l'affaire sans suite. Sur quel principe s'appuie-t-il ?

The police pass on to the prosecution a complaint about a theft of low value. The prosecutor decides to drop the case. On which principle does he rely?

  1. La légalité des poursuites
    The principle of mandatory prosecution
  2. Le double degré de juridiction
    The right to two levels of jurisdiction
  3. La non-rétroactivité de la loi pénale
    The non-retroactivity of criminal law
  4. L'opportunité des poursuites
    The principle of discretionary prosecution
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Answer D. The prosecution decides what action to take on complaints according to the principle of discretionary prosecution (opportunité des poursuites): it judges whether to prosecute or to drop the case. The principle of mandatory prosecution, applied in other countries, would oblige it to prosecute every reported offence.

Question 7 · Institutions

Kofi travaille en horaires décalés et ne peut pas suivre les séances du cours « Vivre ensemble ». Comment peut-il remplir cette condition de la naturalisation ?

Kofi works shifts and cannot attend the sessions of the 'Living together' course. How can he meet this naturalisation requirement?

  1. En présentant un diplôme obtenu à l'étranger
    By presenting a qualification obtained abroad
  2. En payant une taxe de dispense à la commune
    By paying an exemption fee to the municipality
  3. En réussissant l'examen sur les mêmes matières
    By passing the exam on the same subjects
  4. En signant une déclaration sur l'honneur
    By signing a sworn statement
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Answer C. The requirement is met either by attending the 24-hour course or by passing the exam on its subjects; registration is free in both cases. There is no exemption fee and no equivalence through a foreign qualification.

Question 8 · History and Europe

Après 1867, deux voisins du Luxembourg entrent en guerre l'un contre l'autre. Quelle attitude le traité de Londres impose-t-il alors au Grand-Duché ?

After 1867, two of Luxembourg's neighbours go to war with each other. What stance does the Treaty of London then require of the Grand Duchy?

  1. Rester neutre, sous la caution des puissances
    Stay neutral, under the protection of the powers
  2. Rejoindre l'armée de la Confédération germanique
    Join the army of the German Confederation
  3. Accueillir de nouveau une garnison prussienne
    Take in a Prussian garrison again
  4. Placer ses troupes sous commandement belge
    Place its troops under Belgian command
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Answer A. The 1867 Treaty of London declared the Grand Duchy perpetually neutral, under the protection of the signatory powers. It also required the Prussian garrison to leave, so it could not come back.

Question 9 · History and Europe

Le 31 août 1942, des ouvriers de Wiltz et de Schifflange cessent le travail et la grève gagne tout le pays. À quelle annonce de la veille réagissent-ils ?

On 31 August 1942, workers in Wiltz and Schifflange stop work and the strike spreads across the country. Which announcement made the day before are they reacting to?

  1. L'introduction du service militaire obligatoire
    The introduction of compulsory military service
  2. L'interdiction de l'usage de la langue française
    The ban on the use of the French language
  3. L'organisation d'un recensement de la population
    The organisation of a population census
  4. La dissolution de la Chambre des députés
    The dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies
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Answer A. On 30 August 1942, Gauleiter Gustav Simon announced compulsory military service for young people born between 1920 and 1924; the next day, strikes broke out, notably in Wiltz and Schifflange. The ban on French and the abolition of the institutions dated from 1940, the census from 1941.

Question 10 · History and Europe

Restauré en 2025, l'ancien navire « Princesse Marie-Astrid » sert aujourd'hui de mémorial européen vivant sur la Moselle. Pourquoi ce navire ?

Restored in 2025, the former vessel 'Princesse Marie-Astrid' now serves as a living European memorial on the Moselle. Why this vessel?

  1. L'accord de Schengen a été signé à son bord
    The Schengen Agreement was signed on board
  2. La convention Benelux a été signée à son bord
    The Benelux convention was signed on board
  3. Le plan Werner a été présenté à son bord
    The Werner Plan was presented on board
  4. Le compromis de Luxembourg y a été conclu
    The Luxembourg Compromise was reached there
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Answer A. The Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 aboard the ‘Princesse Marie-Astrid’, moored on the Moselle at Schengen; bought back in 2021, the ship became a European memorial. The Benelux convention was signed in London in 1944 and the 1966 compromise in Luxembourg.

We wrote these questions ourselves, from the Constitution, the law and public websites. They are not the exam questions: those are not published.

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