I took my Civique Exam in the first week of January and I passed with flying colours!

What is it?

New this year the civique exam is an additional pre-requisit for getting a multi-year Titre de Sejour in France.

At the end of 2025 I had taken the compulsory four-day Civique Training which was really interesting especially the history of France that I did not already know, as well as some information that I didn’t already know about the culture, geography and political landscape of France and Europe.

Revision

During the course I had made plenty of notes so I went through these again. I also found all the free online tests that I could do and did them over and over. I also read some of the online material on the official [https://formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr/]. I even read a book on the French Revolution at Marion’s parents house over Christmas.

The Day

Then the day arrived and with it snow on the ground which then turned to smush under the feet and deep puddles and slippery paths and I walked the paths to the exam center in the center of Grenoble. Slush slosh. A passing car sloshed cold water on me but I continued and arrived at the exam center early. I was able to wait and warm up and read through my notes while the time ticked down to the time of the exam.

The exam was fine and I thought I got more wrong that I did. In the end I only got one wrong. So 39/40. I forgot who Josephine Baker was, but got the rest of the questions correct. Whipeee!