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Who wrote the epic Judita (printed 1521)?
Marko Marulić of Split, called the father of Croatian literature.
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What is the Baška tablet?
A Glagolitic stone inscription from Krk (about 1100) that names King Zvonimir.
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Which dialects are named after 'what'?
Štokavian (što), Čakavian (ča) and Kajkavian (kaj); the standard is Štokavian.
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How many cases does Croatian have?
Seven: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, locative, instrumental.
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What does the vocative express?
Direct address, for example 'Ivane!'.
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What is verbal aspect in Croatian?
Imperfective (čitati) versus perfective (pročitati) verbs.
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Who led the Illyrian movement?
Ljudevit Gaj, who reformed the spelling and founded newspapers.
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Who wrote Osman and Dubravka?
Ivan Gundulić of Dubrovnik, a Baroque poet.
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Who wrote Dundo Maroje?
Marin Držić, a Renaissance playwright from Dubrovnik.
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Who wrote Smrt Smail-age Čengića (1846)?
Ivan Mažuranić, a Romantic epic poet and ban.
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Who wrote Zlatarovo zlato (1871)?
August Šenoa, founder of the modern Croatian novel.
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Who wrote Priče iz davnine (1916)?
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, in the style of a literary fairy tale.
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Who wrote the Glembay cycle and Balade Petrice Kerempuha?
Miroslav Krleža.
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What is Moderna?
The movement around 1900 led by Antun Gustav Matoš.
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Who was the first Croatian king?
Tomislav, crowned about 925.
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What did the Pacta Conventa (1102) begin?
A union of the Croatian and Hungarian crowns.
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What happened at Cetin in 1527?
Croatian nobles elected Ferdinand I of Habsburg as king.
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What was the Military Frontier?
A Habsburg border region against the Ottomans under military rule.
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What was the Nagodba of 1868?
An agreement giving Croatia limited autonomy within Hungary's half of Austria-Hungary.
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What happened on 1 December 1918?
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed.
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What was the NDH (1941 to 1945)?
The Independent State of Croatia, an Ustaša state under Axis influence.
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When did Croatia declare independence?
25 June 1991.
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What was Operation Storm?
A military operation in August 1995 that regained most occupied areas.
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When did Croatia join NATO and the EU?
NATO in 2009; the EU in 2013.
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When did Croatia adopt the euro and join Schengen?
1 January 2023.
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Quadratic formula?
x = (-b ± sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)) / (2a).
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Sum of interior angles of an n-gon?
(n - 2) x 180 degrees.

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