DZI Matura (Bulgaria) · Bulgarian Language and Literature

Bulgarian Authors, Language and Literary Analysis

37 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

Practise Bulgarian Authors, Language and Literary Analysis now

Random questions from this topic, one at a time. You see the answer and the explanation straight after each one.

All 37 questions

  1. Who wrote the novel 'Under the Yoke' (Pod igoto), often called the first great Bulgarian novel?
  2. Which literary work by Paisius of Hilendar (1762) is regarded as the start of the Bulgarian National Revival?
  3. What is the main subject of Aleko Konstantinov's 'Bay Ganyo'?
  4. Which poet and revolutionary wrote the poem 'Hadzhi Dimitar' and died in 1876?
  5. Nikola Vaptsarov, who was executed in 1942, is best known for which collection?
  6. Which grammatical feature makes Bulgarian different from most other Slavic languages?
  7. Which alphabet is used to write Bulgarian?
  8. Which holiday on 24 May honours the Bulgarian alphabet and culture?
  9. In the sentence 'The sun smiled over the sleeping village', which figure of speech is used?
  10. What is a stanza in a poem?
  11. Which pair of words rhymes in a poem?
  12. 'Pizho and Penda' is a well-known story by which Bulgarian writer?
  13. Which Bulgarian writer is the author of 'Old Mountain Legends' and of the novel-like story 'Albena'?
  14. Which movement is Peyo Yavorov associated with in Bulgarian poetry?
  15. In 'Hadzhi Dimitar', Botev presents the hero's death as what?
  16. Which sentence is a metaphor?
  17. In Bulgarian, which form of the verb is used to report something heard from others rather than seen by the speaker?
  18. Which word class includes 'beautiful', 'old' and 'green' in a Bulgarian sentence?
  19. A writer describes a dark and silent forest to prepare the reader for danger. What is this called?
  20. Who is the author of the satirical story 'Bay Ganyo' who was killed in 1897?
  21. Which poet wrote 'Gray Doves' and the poem 'To Return to My Father's House'?
  22. In what way do 'Under the Yoke' and 'Epic of the Forgotten' show Ivan Vazov's themes?
  23. Read: 'The old house kept its silence like a closed book, and the wind turned its pages.' Which two figures of speech are combined?
  24. In a short story the narrator says: 'What a splendid day to lose everything!' as the hero's house burns. Which device is used?
  25. Which of the following best describes the typical tone of Aleko Konstantinov's writing about 'Bay Ganyo'?
  26. A poem has the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD. How many lines does each stanza have, and what is the pattern?
  27. Which statement about the relationship between author, narrator and character is correct?
  28. Why is the sentence 'He says he had seen the fire' (using the Bulgarian renarrative idea) different in meaning from 'He saw the fire'?
  29. A novel opens at the end of the story and then goes back to explain how the events happened. What is this technique?
  30. Which description best fits Elin Pelin's treatment of village life in his stories?
  31. What is the Bulgarian word 'knigata' made from?
  32. What is the purpose of a thesis statement in an essay?
  33. What is the purpose of a paragraph break in an essay?
  34. A student argues in an essay that a poem shows hope and quotes only the first stanza, which is bright. What is the main weakness?
  35. Which holiday is celebrated in Bulgaria on 1 March by giving red and white threads?
  36. Which poetic device is used in 'The wind whispered through the whispering willows'?
  37. A critic says that a poem's short, broken lines and long silences express the speaker's grief. Which aspect of the poem is the critic discussing?

Keep practising

More DZI Matura (Bulgaria) topics

All DZI Matura (Bulgaria) practice →

Ready for the full DZI Matura (Bulgaria) test?

Take a mock testDZI Matura (Bulgaria) hub