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Czech Literary History and Linguistics

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  1. In Czech language and literature, which romantic lyrical-epic poem published in 1836 by Karel Hynek Mácha opens with the execution of the bandit Vilém?
  2. In Czech language and literature, which poetic meter predominates in Karel Hynek Mácha's lyrical-epic masterpiece Máj?
  3. In Czech language and literature, which folkloric ballad collection by Karel Jaromír Erben explores moral guilt, maternal transgression, and fateful retribution?
  4. In Czech language and literature, which ballad opens and symmetrically mirrors the closing poem Věštkyně in Erben's Kytice?
  5. In Czech language and literature, what is the name of the central matriarchal character who embodies folk wisdom and moral harmony in Božena Němcová's Babička?
  6. In Czech language and literature, which tragic female character in Božena Němcová's Babička loses her sanity after being seduced by a soldier?
  7. In Czech language and literature, which Prague historical district forms the setting for Jan Neruda's 1878 realistic short story collection Povídky malostranské?
  8. In Czech language and literature, which philosophical poetry collection by Jan Neruda reflects on scientific cosmology and astronomy alongside national struggle?
  9. In Czech language and literature, which satirical anti-fascist novel by Karel Čapek depicts intelligent amphibians exploited by global capitalism before destroying continents?
  10. In Czech language and literature, which three philosophical novels comprise Karel Čapek's celebrated Noetic Trilogy investigating the multi-faceted nature of truth?
  11. In Czech language and literature, which satirical protagonist feigns idiocy while navigating the bureaucracy and battlefields of World War I in Austria-Hungary?
  12. In Czech language and literature, which real-life graphic illustrator created the canonical visual depictions of Josef Švejk and Palivec in Hašek's novels?
  13. In Czech language and literature, in which year was Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
  14. In Czech language and literature, which artistic and literary movement exclusive to the Czech avant-garde in the 1920s was founded by Karel Teige and Vítězslav Nezval?
  15. In Czech language and literature, which novella by Bohumil Hrabal depicts the sexual awakening and wartime sabotage of young railwayman Miloš Hrma?
  16. In Czech language and literature, which specific narrative technique did Bohumil Hrabal formulate to describe spontaneous, exuberant, associative storytelling?
  17. In Czech language and literature, which two central lovers navigate love, fidelity, and the 1968 Prague Spring in Milan Kundera's Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí?
  18. In Czech language and literature, which philosophical concept from Friedrich Nietzsche serves as the opening meditation of Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being?
  19. In Czech language and literature, which 14th-century verse work is celebrated as the oldest written chronicle composed in the Czech language?
  20. In Czech language and literature, which 14th-century student verse farce depicts an unscrupulous quack apothecary selling miracle ointments in a marketplace?
  21. In Czech language and literature, which orthographic reform is traditionally credited to Jan Hus in his treatise De orthographia bohemica?
  22. In Czech language and literature, which 15th-century Christian pacifist philosopher authored Síť víry pravé, rejecting feudal violence and church hierarchy?
  23. In Czech language and literature, which pioneering linguistic work by Josef Dobrovský published in 1809 established the grammar of modern standard Czech?
  24. In Czech language and literature, how many volumes comprised Josef Jungmann's monumental Czech-German Dictionary (Slovník česko-německý) published in 1834-1839?
  25. In Czech language and literature, which satirical epigrammatist and journalist was exiled by Austrian authorities to Brixen (Bressanone) in 1851?
  26. In Czech language and literature, which mythical Russian Orthodox martyr's conversion forms the backdrop for Havlíček's anti-clerical satire Křest svatého Vladimíra?
  27. In Czech language and literature, which historical trilogy by Alois Jirásek chronicles the Hussite military campaigns and siege of Prague?
  28. In Czech language and literature, which historical epoch in 18th-century Bohemia did Alois Jirásek title Temno (Darkness)?
  29. In Czech language and literature, which rhetorical trope transfers meaning from one concept to another based on an implicit external or internal similarity?
  30. In Czech language and literature, which stylistic figure unites two mutually exclusive or logically contradictory terms in a single phrase?
  31. In Czech language and literature, which early 20th-century Czech poet wrote Po nás ať přijde potopa, blending cynical cabaret song with personal rebellion?
  32. In Czech language and literature, which tragic young poet was the foremost representative of Czech proletarian poetry before dying of tuberculosis at age 23?
  33. In Czech language and literature, which Renaissance-stylized historical novel of medieval robber barons in Bohemian forests was written by Vladislav Vančura?
  34. In Czech language and literature, in which tragic year during the Nazi Heydrich terror was author and filmmaker Vladislav Vančura executed in Prague-Kobylisy?
  35. In Czech language and literature, which macabre psychological horror novel by Ladislav Fuks depicts the grotesque moral transformation of crematorium worker Karel Kopfrkingl?
  36. In Czech language and literature, which celebrated sports journalist and author wrote lyrical autobiographical stories about his Jewish family and fishing on the Berounka river?
  37. In Czech language and literature, which celebrated absurdist play by Václav Havel features the bureaucratic jargon Ptydepe invented to eliminate emotion?
  38. In Czech language and literature, which autobiographical character created by Václav Havel appears in the dissident one-act plays Audience, Vernisáž, and Protest?
  39. In Czech language and literature, how many grammatical noun cases are traditionally distinguished in standard Czech morphology?
  40. In Czech language and literature, which historical phonological vowel change explains the alternation between 'dům' and 'domu' in Czech declension?
  41. In Czech language and literature, which phonetic vowel quality does the letter 'y' have in modern standard spoken Czech pronunciation compared to 'i'?
  42. In Czech language and literature, what syntactic term describes a word or clause inserted into a sentence that is grammatically independent of the main predication?
  43. In Czech language and literature, which ballad opens and symmetrically mirrors the closing poem Věštkyně in Karel Jaromír Erben's celebrated 1853 folkloric collection?

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