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  1. Which writer is the author of the satirical novel U registraturi (1888)?
  2. In 'Marku je Ana poklonila knjigu', which word is the indirect object and which is the direct object?
  3. What is the Vinodol Law Code of 1288 significant for?
  4. Which monument, found on the island of Krk and dated to about 1100, is one of the oldest texts in the Croatian language?
  5. Why did the Illyrian reformers choose the Štokavian dialect as the basis of the standard language?
  6. Which writer is the author of the historical novel Zlatarovo zlato (The Goldsmith's Gold), set in sixteenth-century Zagreb?
  7. Which novel by Ranko Marinković, published in 1965, is set in Zagreb during the Second World War?
  8. Which writer is the author of the Glembay cycle (Gospoda Glembajevi) and of the Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh?
  9. Which Croatian poet, associated with Expressionism, wrote the collection Preobraženja (1920) and died young in 1925?
  10. Put these works in chronological order: Baška tablet, Judita, Zlatarovo zlato, Priče iz davnine.
  11. Which pair of verbs shows the grammatical category of aspect in Croatian?
  12. Matica ilirska, founded in 1842 and later renamed Matica hrvatska, is best described as what?
  13. Which statement best explains why Gundulić's Osman is regarded as Baroque rather than Renaissance?
  14. What does the vocative case express in a sentence such as 'Ivane, dođi ovamo!'?
  15. How many lines does a sonnet have, and how are they usually grouped?
  16. Who wrote Robinja (The Slave Girl), regarded as the first Croatian secular drama, in the sixteenth century?
  17. Which writer, a Dubrovnik poet, wrote Dubravka, the pastoral play that contains a hymn to freedom?
  18. In which script is Croatian standardly written today?
  19. Read: 'O lijepa, o draga, o slatka slobodo, / dar u kom sva blaga višnji nam Bog je do'. Which devices and which theme are most evident?
  20. In standard Croatian, the old Slavic vowel 'jat' appears as 'ije' or 'je'. Which word shows this?
  21. In which language variety are the Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh (1936) mainly written?
  22. Why is Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić's Priče iz davnine called a literary fairy tale (autorska bajka) rather than a folk tale?
  23. A student says that Krleža's Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh give a voice to the common people. Which evidence best supports this?
  24. Who is often called the father of Croatian literature for writing the epic Judita, printed in 1521?
  25. Which movement in Croatian literature around 1900 included Antun Gustav Matoš and stressed art for art's sake?
  26. How do Držić's comedies and Gundulić's Osman differ as the Dubrovnik works of two periods?
  27. Which author wrote Priče iz davnine (Croatian Tales of Long Ago, 1916), based on Slavic mythology?
  28. Which three dialects are named after their word for 'what', and which one is the basis of standard Croatian?
  29. Which epic by Ivan Gundulić tells of the Ottoman defeat at Khotyn in 1621?
  30. Which Renaissance comedy from Dubrovnik, partly set in Rome, was written by Marin Držić?
  31. In 'Knjiga koju čitam zanimljiva je', what is the clause 'koju čitam'?
  32. What was the Illyrian movement of the 1830s and 1840s, led by Ljudevit Gaj?
  33. Who published the folk ballad Hasanaginica in 1774, so that it became known across Europe, and who translated it into German?
  34. Which Hvar writer composed Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (1568), a verse account of a fishing trip?
  35. Which Franciscan wrote Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga (1756), a popular collection of songs about heroes?
  36. Which work by Ivan Mažuranić, published in 1846, is a Romantic epic poem?
  37. How many cases does Croatian have for its nouns?

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