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Romanian Literature, Language and Literary Analysis

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  1. Which poet is regarded as the national poet of the Romanian language and wrote the poem 'Luceafărul'?
  2. Which author wrote the memoir 'Amintiri din copilărie' ('Childhood Memories'), set in the village of Humulești?
  3. Which play by Ion Luca Caragiale is a comedy about political intrigue during an election in a county town?
  4. Which of the following is a novel by Liviu Rebreanu, published in 1920, about a peasant who desires land?
  5. What is the name of the society founded in Iași in 1863 that was led by Titu Maiorescu and published the journal 'Convorbiri literare'?
  6. Which figure of speech is used in 'the sun is a golden coin' when one thing is described as another without 'like' or 'as'?
  7. In literary analysis, what is a stanza of four lines called?
  8. Which poem by Alexei Mateevici, written in 1917, provides the words of the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova?
  9. What is the central theme of the folk ballad 'Miorița'?
  10. In 'Harap-Alb' by Ion Creangă, how does the hero first come to be called Harap-Alb?
  11. Which Romantic poem by Mihai Eminescu is built around the conflict between a star, immortal and cold, and a mortal girl?
  12. Which literary movement is associated with George Bacovia, whose poems use images of rain, lead and death?
  13. Which writer's novel 'Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război' is considered a landmark of Romanian modernism through its subjective first-person narration?
  14. What is the main subject of Mihail Sadoveanu's novel 'Baltagul'?
  15. Which pair correctly matches the writers with the genre of their best-known works?
  16. In Rebreanu's 'Ion', what happens to Ana, the wife of the main character?
  17. Which statement about the Romanian language is correct?
  18. How many cases does the traditional grammar of Romanian list for nouns (counting the vocative)?
  19. Which chronicler wrote 'De neamul moldovenilor' ('On the Moldavian People') in the seventeenth century?
  20. Which work by Dimitrie Cantemir, written around 1705, is often described as the first Romanian novel?
  21. What does Tudor Arghezi's poem 'Testament' present as the poet's inheritance for his son?
  22. In 'Eu nu strivesc corola de minuni a lumii' by Lucian Blaga, what attitude to mystery does the poet express?
  23. Which writer, born in Pererâta in 1935, is best known as the poet of the Romanian language and the mother in Moldova?
  24. Which of the following is an example of personification?
  25. Which rhyme scheme does a quatrain with the pattern ABAB have?
  26. In Caragiale's 'O scrisoare pierdută', which character is the police officer who often repeats the expression 'Curat... murdar!'?
  27. How are Grigore Ureche, Miron Costin and Ion Neculce related in the history of Romanian literature?
  28. What is the effect of the opening and closing of Rebreanu's 'Ion', where the novel begins and ends on the road entering the village of Pripas?
  29. In 'O scrisoare pierdută', Farfuridi demands that the constitution be revised but that nothing be changed. Which kind of comic does this illustrate?
  30. In Camil Petrescu's novel, why is Ștefan Gheorghidiu's narration called subjective and authentic?
  31. Which feature of 'Luceafărul' by Eminescu shows that the poem combines a fairy-tale story with a philosophical meaning?
  32. Which statement best explains the 'forme fără fond' ('forms without substance') idea of Titu Maiorescu?
  33. Which choice shows a correct use of a literary text to support the claim that Bacovia's 'Plumb' creates a gloomy mood?
  34. Which comparison between 'Ion' (Rebreanu) and 'Baltagul' (Sadoveanu) is accurate?
  35. In 'Meșterul Manole', what does the sacrifice of Ana in the walls of the monastery symbolise in Blaga's version?
  36. 'Alexandru Lăpușneanul' (1840) by Costache Negruzzi is important in the history of Romanian prose. Why?

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