Short answers, based on FEI's candidate manuals and sample papers.
30 minutes at A1 and A2, 45 at B1, 1 hour at B2 and 50 minutes at C1. At C2, reading is part of the 3 h 30 written paper.
No, not from A1 to B2 or in the C1 written papers. A monolingual dictionary is allowed only in the C1 speaking test and in both C2 papers.
You tick true or false and copy the sentence from the text that proves it. You get the points only if both are right.
Some do, without justification: one at A2 (exercise 4) and three in each of B1 exercises 2 and 3.
Since March 2020 the B1 reading paper lasts 45 minutes instead of 35, in every version of the exam and whatever the format.
No, unless it makes the answer impossible to understand. Any coherent rewording is accepted.
One literary or journalistic text of ideas of about 1,000 words, with about 12 questions.
5/25. Below that, the diploma is failed whatever your total.
The level-by-level format is on the reading description page, the marking on the reading scoring page, and worked examples on the reading samples page. For the whole exam, see the DELF / DALF exam format.
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