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  1. Who wrote the novel Don Quixote, whose first part appeared in 1605 and second part in 1615?
  2. La Celestina, a late-medieval work in dialogue about Calisto and Melibea, is attributed to which author?
  3. Lazarillo de Tormes (1554) is the first and best-known example of which type of narrative?
  4. Garcilaso de la Vega is remembered for adopting which Italian forms in Spanish Renaissance poetry?
  5. Federico García Lorca, author of Bodas de sangre and La casa de Bernarda Alba, belongs to which literary group?
  6. The Generation of 1898 is so called because its writers reacted to which event?
  7. How many syllables does a hendecasyllable have?
  8. What are the features of the Spanish romance as a verse form?
  9. What is the structure of a classical Spanish sonnet?
  10. In the sentence 'Tus ojos son dos luceros', which figure of speech is used?
  11. Which of these Spanish expressions is an example of an oxymoron?
  12. What does the figure called hyperbaton consist of?
  13. Lope de Vega is associated with which innovation in Spanish theatre?
  14. Calderón de la Barca wrote La vida es sueño. What is its central theme?
  15. Valle-Inclán created the esperpento in plays such as Luces de bohemia. What does it do?
  16. Camilo José Cela, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989, wrote which novel in the style called tremendismo?
  17. Miguel Delibes is the author of which novel about farm workers on an estate under the Franco regime?
  18. Carmen Laforet won the first Premio Nadal in 1944 with which novel?
  19. Antonio Machado's collection Campos de Castilla is especially known for which subject?
  20. Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. Which prose work of his tells of a small donkey?
  21. Jorge Manrique's Coplas por la muerte de su padre are best known for which theme?
  22. The Cantar de mio Cid belongs to which medieval tradition, and what does it tell?
  23. Gonzalo de Berceo is a key writer of the mester de clerecía. Which verse form did the poets of this school use?
  24. According to the Spanish Constitution of 1978, which statement about languages is right?
  25. What is the motto of the Real Academia Española, founded in 1713?
  26. How is the word 'infeliz' formed?
  27. Which of these words is formed by parasynthesis?
  28. In 'Los alumnos entregaron el trabajo al profesor', which phrase is the direct object?
  29. In 'Se venden pisos', what is the function of 'pisos' and of 'se'?
  30. How many metrical syllables does Quevedo's line 'Cerrar podrá mis ojos la postrera' have?
  31. In Spanish metrics, how is a line counted if its last word is stressed on the final syllable (palabra aguda)?
  32. Which text type does a passage have if it states a thesis, supports it with arguments, and ends with a conclusion?
  33. Mariano José de Larra wrote the article 'Vuelva usted mañana'. Which genre does it belong to?
  34. What is a sinalefa in verse?
  35. Which writer used the pseudonym 'Clarín' and wrote the novel La Regenta?
  36. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is the author of which work, a key text of late Romanticism?
  37. José Zorrilla's Don Juan Tenorio is traditionally performed in Spain around which date?
  38. Rosalía de Castro's Cantares gallegos (1863) is a landmark for which reason?
  39. Leandro Fernández de Moratín's play El sí de las niñas is typical of which literary current?
  40. Góngora and Quevedo are the great opposing poets of the Baroque. Which statement describes them correctly?
  41. What is the difference between 'Aunque llueva, saldré' and 'Aunque llueve, saldré'?
  42. The word 'vela' means both 'candle' and 'sail', and the two meanings come from different Latin origins. How is this linguistic phenomenon called?
  43. Which sentence uses 'ser' correctly for the place where an event happens?

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