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Language, Sagas and Modern Literature
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- How many grammatical cases does Icelandic have?
- Which of these letters is part of the Icelandic alphabet?
- How is the definite article normally expressed in Icelandic?
- What does the patronymic surname Jónsdóttir tell you?
- Which writer received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955?
- Which medieval author is credited with the Prose Edda and Heimskringla?
- What are the Íslendingasögur, often called the sagas of Icelanders?
- In which collection is Völuspá, the prophecy of the seeress, found?
- What is a kenning?
- Which poet founded the journal Fjölnir with friends and is a key figure of Icelandic Romanticism?
- On which date is the Day of the Icelandic Language celebrated?
- Which sentence uses the correct case after the verb hjálpa (to help)?
- In the phrase Ég sé hestinn (I see the horse), which case is hestinn?
- Which description fits the word Konurnar in the sentence Konurnar eru hér (The women are here)?
- Which feature of Old Norse poetry is described by stuðlar and höfuðstafur?
- Which saga tells of Gunnar of Hlíðarendi, the lawyer Njáll and the burning at Bergþórshvoll?
- Which saga has an outlaw who fought the ghost Glámr and lived on the island of Drangey?
- Which of Halldór Laxness's novels follows the sheep farmer Bjartur of Summerhouses?
- What does the word tölva, the Icelandic word for computer, show about how Icelandic builds new words?
- Which work is considered the first modern Icelandic novel?
- Who wrote the Passion Hymns, a work still sung in Iceland during Lent?
- What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
- In which manuscript are most of the Eddic poems preserved?
- Which form is the genitive singular of the word hestur (horse)?
- In Mig langar í kaffi (I want coffee), why is the subject mig in the accusative?
- Which sentence correctly shows a verb with a dative subject?
- Read this invented line: The wave-horse ploughed the whale-road. Which statement describes it best?
- Why is Egils saga often discussed as a saga about the poet's role in society?
- Which of these is the best reading of the ending of Njáls saga as a theme about law?
- How does Halldór Laxness use Bjartur in Independent People to develop the theme of independence?
- Which analysis fits the way Icelandic has changed over a thousand years?
- What is the effect of the restrained, objective narration typical of the sagas?
- In which situation is the genitive case required in Icelandic?
- Which pair correctly matches a text with its main subject?
- Which sentence best describes the role of the Árni Magnússon Institute?
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