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Dutch Language and Literature

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  1. Who wrote the novel Max Havelaar (1860) under the pen name Multatuli?
  2. Which Dutch author wrote the novel De avonden (1947), a story set over ten days in Amsterdam?
  3. In Dutch, which word order applies to the verb in a normal main clause?
  4. Which article goes with the Dutch noun 'huis' (house) and with all diminutives ending in -je?
  5. Which movement is associated with the magazine De Nieuwe Gids, founded in 1885?
  6. Which Dutch poet and playwright of the seventeenth century wrote the play Gijsbrecht van Aemstel?
  7. What is the term for the person or position from which the events of a story are told?
  8. What is an alliteration?
  9. In the sentence 'De leraar geeft de leerlingen een boek', which part is the indirect object (meewerkend voorwerp)?
  10. What is the term for an argument that attacks the person making a claim instead of the claim itself?
  11. Which type of text mainly aims to convince the reader of a standpoint?
  12. Which structure does a Petrarchan sonnet usually have?
  13. Which period of Dutch literature is linked to Vondel, Hooft and Bredero?
  14. What is the main literary significance of Van den vos Reynaerde?
  15. Which Dutch writer wrote the novel De aanslag (1982), which later became a well-known film?
  16. What does the term 'tekstverband' refer to in reading comprehension?
  17. Which figure of speech is used in 'Time is a thief'?
  18. Which organisation was founded in 1980 to coordinate Dutch language policy between the Netherlands and Belgium?
  19. Which spelling is correct for the Dutch plural of 'auto' (car)?
  20. In the sentence 'Het weer is mooi', what kind of predicate does the sentence have?
  21. Which literary term describes a story told by a narrator who knows everything, including the thoughts of all characters?
  22. Who wrote the texts of the well-loved children's series 'Jip en Janneke', which first appeared in a newspaper in the 1950s?
  23. What is a 'diminutive' in Dutch grammar?
  24. What is the 'standpunt' in an argumentative text?
  25. Which period of Dutch literature is associated with the poets of the Cobra movement, including Lucebert?
  26. Which Dutch diarist's Het Achterhuis was published in 1947?
  27. A text states: 'Many students use their phone in class. Therefore phones should be banned.' Which unstated assumption is needed to connect the argument to the claim?
  28. A writer argues: 'Everyone I know has read this book, so it must be good.' Which weakness best describes this argument?
  29. Which statement about the Dutch spelling 'ij' is correct?
  30. Which analysis of 'The sun smiled down on the village' is most accurate?
  31. A story is told by a character who describes only what he sees and later admits that he lied about key events. What narrator type is this and what effect does it have?
  32. Which sentence has the verb in the correct place in a Dutch subordinate clause beginning with 'omdat'?
  33. Which is the best summary of how the Max Havelaar's frame structure works?
  34. A reader reads a text about reforms and must decide whether a sentence is a fact or an opinion. Which sentence is an opinion?
  35. In a poem the first and third lines rhyme, as do the second and fourth. What rhyme scheme is this?

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