Who wrote Robinja (The Slave Girl), regarded as the first Croatian secular drama, in the sixteenth century?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Hanibal Lucić of Hvar, who was also a lyric poet in the Petrarchan tradition
- Step 1: Robinja was written in the first half of the sixteenth century. Step 2. It is the work of Hanibal Lucić from the island of Hvar. Answer: Hanibal Lucić. Why not the others: Držić, Vetranović and Hektorović wrote other works.
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