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Key Facts: Bac A4 Burkina Faso Exam

Coefficient 5 / 4 hours

2026 Bac A4 philosophy paper

2026 A4 philosophy paper header

61.54%

National baccalauréat success rate, all series, 2026

MESFPT / leFaso

23 June–1 July 2026

Written first tour, all bac series

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Free 100-question English MCQ study bank for Bac A4 Burkina Faso. Official exam: French written papers (philosophy coeff. 5 / 4 h) plus oral rachat; pass on a 10/20 weighted average. Not an official-format simulation.

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1In Descartes' methodic doubt, which claim is established as the first certainty?
A.The senses never deceive us about material objects.
B.I think, therefore I am (cogito ergo sum).
C.God's existence is known before any thought of the self.
D.The external world is immediately certain without proof.
Explanation: Descartes discards sensory beliefs and even mathematical truths as possibly doubtful, but the very act of doubting proves a thinking subject. Cogito ergo sum is therefore the first indubitable truth in the Discours de la méthode and the Meditationes. Later proofs of God and of the external world rest on this starting point.
2What do the Lumières (Enlightenment) primarily defend in Terminale philosophy?
A.The public use of reason, critique of superstition, and emancipation through knowledge.
B.A return to medieval scholastic authority as the highest court of truth.
C.The rejection of all science in favour of purely mystical experience.
D.The idea that only monarchs may think freely.
Explanation: The Lumières (Voltaire, Diderot, Kant, among others) define majority as the courage to use one's own understanding. They criticise superstition, intolerance, and arbitrary authority, and they treat knowledge and public debate as conditions of freedom. Kant's motto Sapere aude (dare to know) summarises this programme.
3In Kantian ethics, what does it mean to treat a person as an end in itself?
A.To maximise that person's pleasure regardless of universal law.
B.To obey the sovereign whenever a person is useful to the State.
C.Never to use a human being merely as a means, because persons have dignity (dignité).
D.To follow local custom even when it contradicts reason.
Explanation: Kant's practical imperative requires treating humanity, in oneself and in others, always as an end and never merely as a means. Persons have dignity (Würde), not a market price, because they are rational agents capable of giving themselves the moral law. Using someone only as a tool therefore violates the categorical imperative.
4Sartre's thesis that existence precedes essence means that:
A.Human beings are born with a fixed divine nature that they merely discover.
B.The human being first exists and then defines himself through free acts.
C.Biology assigns each person a finished essence before any choice.
D.Society permanently fixes each individual's role at birth.
Explanation: In L'existentialisme est un humanisme, Sartre argues that there is no pre-given human essence (no divine artisan's model). Man first exists, encounters himself, and only afterwards defines himself by projects. Freedom is therefore original, and responsibility for what one becomes cannot be shifted onto God, nature, or a ready-made social role.
5For Marx, the alienation (aliénation) of the worker consists mainly in:
A.The worker being separated from the product, the labour process, his species-being, and other workers.
B.The worker enjoying too much leisure relative to production.
C.A natural laziness that no economic system can change.
D.A divine punishment unrelated to the organisation of labour.
Explanation: In the 1844 Manuscripts, Marx describes four related separations under capitalist wage labour: from the product, from the activity of labour, from generic human life (species-being), and from other people. Alienation is therefore a social relation of production, not a moral vice or a theological fate. Terminale dissertations on le travail regularly mobilise this analysis.
6How does Spinoza's idea of freedom differ from Sartre's?
A.Both deny that any form of freedom is possible.
B.Spinoza is an existentialist who, like Sartre, begins from radical choice without nature.
C.Sartre identifies freedom only with written constitutional law, unlike Spinoza.
D.Spinoza treats freedom as understanding necessity and acting from adequate knowledge; Sartre treats it as radical choice without a given essence.
Explanation: In the Ethics, the free person is the one who understands the necessity of Nature (Deus sive Natura) and acts from adequate ideas rather than from passive affects. Sartre, by contrast, denies a given human nature and locates freedom in unjustified choice. Confusing these two models of liberté is a common error in a dissertation that cites both authors as if they agreed.
7Feuerbach's central thesis about religion is that:
A.God's existence is empirically demonstrated by miracles.
B.Religion is only a courtroom procedure with no beliefs.
C.God is a projection of human qualities onto an imaginary being.
D.Only European societies have produced religious representations.
Explanation: In The Essence of Christianity, Feuerbach argues that theology is inverted anthropology: humans project their own species-powers (reason, love, justice) onto a separate God and then kneel before that image. Marx later radicalises this by tying the projection to social misery. The thesis is a standard resource for the Terminale notion la religion.
8Plato criticises art as mimesis mainly because:
A.Art is the highest science of the Forms (Idées).
B.It imitates appearances and can turn the soul away from true being.
C.Only African art is false, while Greek art is fully true.
D.Art has never had an audience and therefore cannot educate.
Explanation: In Republic X, the painter or poet imitates sensible things, which themselves already imitate the Forms, so art is twice removed from truth. Plato also fears that poetry inflames the lower parts of the soul. This is the classic starting point for the notion l'art, often set against Aristotle's more positive account of mimesis and catharsis.
9According to Karl Popper, a theory is scientific only if it is:
A.Falsifiable: it must be possible in principle to refute it by experience.
B.Accepted by a majority of believers in a community.
C.Invented inside a laboratory building, regardless of testability.
D.Beautiful in its mathematics, even if no test could ever contradict it.
Explanation: Popper replaces verification with falsifiability: a genuine scientific theory forbids certain events and can therefore clash with observation. Astrology or an unfalsifiable metaphysics can be interpreted to fit any outcome. This criterion is the standard Terminale tool for distinguishing science from non-science in the notions théorie et expérience and la science.
10Empiricism, as associated with Locke and Hume, holds that:
A.All knowledge consists of innate ideas present at birth.
B.Only divine revelation can justify a belief.
C.Knowledge of the world is strictly impossible in every sense.
D.Knowledge comes from sensory experience.
Explanation: Empiricists argue that the mind begins as a tabula rasa (Locke) and that ideas derive from impressions (Hume). They therefore oppose classical rationalist claims of rich innate knowledge. In a dissertation on la connaissance, empiricism is the thesis that experience is the source and limit of what we can know about the world.

About the Bac A4 Burkina Faso Exam

Série A4 is Burkina Faso's lettres Baccalauréat stream, administered nationally by MESFPT. The 2026 first tour ran 23 June–1 July. Confirmed 2026 A4 papers include philosophy (coefficient 5, 4 hours), mathematics, German/LV2, French and history-geography. Official tasks are dissertations and structured writing in French. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation of A4 knowledge — not an official translation, not an essay simulation, and not a substitute for French dissertation practice.

Assessment

First-tour written papers in philosophy (2026 header: coefficient 5, 4 hours), French, history-geography, English, mathematics and LV2, then oral rachat for candidates close to 10/20. This bank is an English MCQ study adaptation only.

Time Limit

Multi-paper written first tour (2026: 23 June–1 July) plus oral second tour (6–7 July 2026).

Passing Score

Graded out of 20; the baccalauréat is awarded on a weighted average of at least 10/20. Close candidates may sit an oral rachat.

Exam Fee

Not published as a per-candidate tariff; the 2026 session was state-organized. (MESFPT (Ministère de l'Enseignement Secondaire, de la Formation Professionnelle et Technique))

Bac A4 Burkina Faso Exam Content Outline

Study emphasis ~22%

Philosophy

Terminale philosophy; 2026 paper coefficient 5, 4 hours.

Study emphasis ~22%

French language and literature

Dissertation and Francophone literature.

Study emphasis ~20%

History-geography

Africa, Burkina Faso and development.

Study emphasis ~12%

English

Terminale A4 English.

Study emphasis ~12%

Literary mathematics

A4 mathematics.

Study emphasis ~12%

Method and LV2

Commentary method and second language.

How to Pass the Bac A4 Burkina Faso Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Graded out of 20; the baccalauréat is awarded on a weighted average of at least 10/20. Close candidates may sit an oral rachat.
  • Assessment: First-tour written papers in philosophy (2026 header: coefficient 5, 4 hours), French, history-geography, English, mathematics and LV2, then oral rachat for candidates close to 10/20. This bank is an English MCQ study adaptation only.
  • Time limit: Multi-paper written first tour (2026: 23 June–1 July) plus oral second tour (6–7 July 2026).
  • Exam fee: Not published as a per-candidate tariff; the 2026 session was state-organized.

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

Bac A4 Burkina Faso Study Tips from Top Performers

1Train dissertation structure (thèse / antithèse / synthèse) in French; MCQs only check concepts.
2Prioritise philosophy and French — they dominate A4 weighting.
3Keep a timeline of Burkina Faso and West African decolonisation for history-geography.
4Work A4 mathematics annales at literary (not C-series) depth.
5After concept review, write timed philosophy and French papers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Série A the same as Série A4 in Burkina Faso?

The 2026 national papers and juries use Série A4 for the lettres stream. There is no separate 2026 Série A or Série B paper set.

Is the official Bac A4 multiple choice?

No. Official papers are written dissertations and structured questions in French, with an oral second tour. This bank is an English MCQ study adaptation.

What coefficient does philosophy carry?

The 2026 A4 philosophy paper header states coefficient 5 and a duration of 4 hours.

What was the 2026 national bac pass rate?

MESFPT reported 63,455 admitted out of 106,004 registered, a 61.54% success rate across all series.