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Literature Quiz. Mihai Eminescu.

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did he study?

a)

Ipotești

b)

București

c)

Cernăuți

2.

Who made him love literature while studying in Cernăuți?

a)

Mr. Trandafir

b)

Aron Pumnul

c)

Cacarela

3.

When did he write his first poem? On what occasion?

a)

in 1866, the death of his beloved teacher.

b)

in 1872 , the death of his beloved teacher

c)

in 1874,the death of his beloved teacher

4.

What is the poem that describes his mother ' s appearance?

a)

Revedere

b)

O, mamă...

c)

Lacul

5.

Who was was his ” literature god father”? The person who changed his name from Eminovici in Eminescu.

a)

I.L.Caragiale.

b)

I. Slavici

c)

Iosif Vulcan

6.

Who was his favourite poet?

a)

I.L.Caragiale

b)

V.Alecsandri

c)

I.Slavici

7.

Who is M.Eminescu speaking about at ”La Junimea”?

”I did not have any soul reports. I had it , but it was late, when it came, brought by me...”

a)

about I.L.Caragiale

b)

about I.Slavici

c)

About Ion Creangă

8.

Who is the woman he loved with passion and he dedicated a lot of poems to?

a)

Fani Tardini

b)

Veronica Micle

c)

Elena Negri

9.

Who is the author who was apreciated by M.Eminescu in the following way:

” His drunker is a drunker, his hero - hero, his crazy person - crazy person... and each person is fully greased with the colour of his character.”

a)

Iohan van Goethe

b)

Victor Hugo

c)

William Shakespeare

10.

What does he say about tales?

a)

The world is swung with tales, with tales we fall asleep, we wake up and we die with.

b)

with tales we fall asleep, we wake up

c)

we die with

11.

Where are these lines from?

”Where do you find the word? That expesses the truth.”

a)

Freamăt de codru

b)

Împărat și proletar

c)

Criticilor mei

12.

What are these lines from?

” Bate vântul frunza-n dungă -

Cântăreții mi -i alungă...”

a)

Lacul

b)

Venere și Madonă

c)

Ce te legeni...?

13.

The five poems entitled ”Letters” make a unit cycle, because....

a)

have a form of epistle

b)

belongs to satire

c)

has the same topic

14.

In ”Letter III” , the genius is the politician, the leader. He is honouring mircea cel Bătrîn. Who is the other ruler mentioned in?

a)

Ștefan cel Mare

b)

Vlad Țepeș

c)

Miahi Viteazul

15.

Where are these lines from?

!” Scris în cartea vieții este și de veacuri și de stele, Eu să fiu a ta stăpână , tu stăpân vieții mele”

a)

Scrisoarea III

b)

Momento Mori

c)

Călin (file din poveste)

16.

Who are the european writers who also wrote about ”Floare albastră„ ?

a)

Leopardi

b)

Sloffman

c)

Dickenson

17.

Who said ”Real literature cannot be made except on the language of our nation , on traditions and its history...”

a)

M.Kogâlniceanu

b)

T.Maiorescu

c)

M.Eminescu

18.

The ideas on the ”Luceafarul” basis are:

a)

folkloric, biographical, mithological, lyrical

b)

folkloric, biographical, dramatical,philosophical

c)

folkloric, biographical, mithological,philosophical

19.

Hiperion from ”Luceafarul” poem symbolizes...

a)

the absolute

b)

an individual form of absolute

c)

aspiration to absolute

20.

M.Eminescu in ”Glossă” suggests that time is equal to himself, as the future and the past are present hypothesis.

Who did he take this idea from?

a)

Artur Schopenhauer

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

from hindu philosophy

21.

Who is the author of the Eminescu bust in Chishinau?

a)

Șciusev

b)

Dubinovschi

c)

T.Cataraga

22.

Which are the life years of the poet?

a)

15January, 1850 - 15 January, 1889;

b)

15January, 1850 - 15 June, 1889;

c)

15January, 1850 - 15 January, 1890;

d)

15January, 1850 - 15 June, 1890;

23.

How many years are from his birth?

a)

150

b)

160

c)

170

d)

180

24.

How many children where in his family?

a)

7, he was the 7th

b)

11 , he was the 7th

c)

9 , he was the 8th

d)

12, he was the 9th

25.

What are the names of his parents?

a)

Iosif Vulcan and Raluca

b)

Aaron Pumnul and Maria;

c)

Titu Maiorescu and Maria;

d)

Gheorghe Eminovici and Raluca;

26.

Where was he born?

a)

București;

b)

Botoșani

c)

Viena;

d)

Cernăuți;

27.

Where did he study at the primary, gymnasium and lyceum?

a)

„National Hauptschule” from Cernăuți, then at„Obergymnasium” from Cernăuți;

b)

Primary school from Cernăuți, then at„Obergymnasium” from Cernăuți;

c)

The Gymnasium in Cernăuți;

d)

Primary school in Botoșani, then at Viena;

28.

Who is his favourite teacher?

a)

Ioan Zibacinschi

b)

Vasile Ilasievici;

c)

Ioan Litviniuc;

d)

Aron Pumnul;

29.

Which are his first works?

a)

„La moartea lui Aron Pumnul” and „De-aș avea”;

b)

„De-or trece anii” and „Mai am un singur dor”;

c)

„De-a trece timpul”,and „Mai am un singur dor”;

d)

„La mormântul lui Aron Pumnul” and „De-aș avea”;

30.

What works are inspired from the places where he spent his childhood?

a)

„La mormântul lui Aron Pumnul” and „Atât de fragedă”;

b)

„Sara pe deal” and „Trecut-au anii”;

c)

„Fiind băiet, păduri cutreieram” and „O, rămâi”;

d)

„Cu mâine zilele-ți adaugi” and „O, mamă”;

31.

Which are his first works?

a)

„La moartea lui Aron Pumnul” and „De-aș avea”;

b)

„De-or trece anii” and „Mai am un singur dor”;

c)

„De-a trece timpul”,and „Mai am un singur dor”;

d)

„La mormântul lui Aron Pumnul” and „De-aș avea”;

32.

What are the subjects he got insuficient for one term?

a)

Romanian and History

b)

Philosophy and German

c)

Biology and Chemistry

d)

Latin and Mathematics

33.

What is the magazine of the time where the poet debuted?

a)

„Familia”;

b)

„Convorbiri literare”

c)

„Literatura și arta”;

d)

„Lăcrimioare”;

34.

Between 1869 and 1872 he is a student in Wien. What is the faculty he is studying at?

a)

Law and Philosophy

b)

Astronomy

c)

Philology

d)

Foreign Languages

35.

Where does he meet Veronica Micle?

a)

Ipotești;

b)

Blaj;

c)

Bucharest

d)

Wien

36.

What magazine did he debut as a publicist in ?

a)

„Familia”;

b)

„Albina”;

c)

„Lăcrimioare”;

d)

„Literatura și Arta”;

37.

How many volumes where published during his lifetime?

a)

Two

b)

One

c)

Five

d)

Eight

38.

Recognize the poet's photo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

How many photographic potraits were preserved till nowadays?

a)

one

b)

four

c)

eight

d)

two

40.

Where was Eminescu burried?

a)

„Doina” Cemetry ,Chișinău;

b)

„Eternitatea”Cemetry , Iași;

c)

„Sfânta Treime” Cemetry , Iași;

d)

„Bellu” Cemetry,București;

41.

Who is the writer he is bonding a close friendship with?

a)

Ion Luca Caragiale

b)

Ion Creangă;

c)

Mihail Sadoveanu;

d)

Iosif Vulcan;

42.

Who is the muse in the poem " Pe lângă plopii fără soți” ?

a)

Veronica Micle;

b)

Cleopatra Leca Poenaru;

c)

Mite Kremnitz;

d)

Henrieta Eminovici;

43.

Choose the line where just Eminescu's fairy tales are mentioned?

a)

„Soacra cu trei nurori”, „Povestea unui om leneș”;

b)

„Făt-Frumos din lacrimă”, „Călin Nebunul”;

c)

„Fata din grădina de aur”, „Făt-Frumos cu părul de aur”;

d)

„Spaima zmeilor”, „Sarea în bucate”;

44.

Who is the muse in the poem " Pe lângă plopii fără soți” ?

a)

Veronica Micle;

b)

Cleopatra Leca Poenaru;

c)

Mite Kremnitz;

d)

Henrieta Eminovici;

45.

How many languages where his works translated in?

a)

Romanian

b)

60

c)

Roamnian and German

d)

12

46.

Which is the work which brings him the record in the Guinnese Book of Records?

a)

„Călin (file de poveste)”;

b)

„Luceafărul”;

c)

„Geniu pustiu”;

d)

„Scrisorile I - IV”;

47.

What are the sports he enjoyed?

a)

he did not like sport

b)

hipism

c)

Football, chess and swimming

d)

rounders

48.

What is the name of the only movie about Mihai Eminescu's life and activity , directed by Emil Loteanu?

a)

„Mihai Eminescu - viața și opera”;

b)

„Luceafărul”;

c)

„Geniul”;

d)

„Poetul nepereche”;

49.

Choose the line where just the Eminescu 's prose is mentioned?

a)

„Bietul Dionis”, „La aniversară”, „Geniu pustiu”, „Naturi catilinare”;

b)

„Sărmanul Dionis”, „Avatarii Faraonului Tla”, „Geniu pustiu”, „Cezara”;

c)

„Făt-Frumos din lacrimă”, „Ieronim și Cezara”, „Făt-Frumos, fiul iepei”, „Fata din grădina de aur”;

d)

„La aniversară”, „Luntrea lui Caron”, „Geniu pustiu”, „Cezara”;

50.

Choose the line that contains just Eminescu 's drama?

a)

„Decebal”, „Alexandru cel Bun”;

b)

„Meșterul Manole”, „Arca lui Noe”;

c)

„O scrisoare pierdută”, „O noapte furtunoasă”;

d)

„Iona”, „Paracliserul”;