LITERATURE
For what is the age of Louis XIV noted? 1081.
What Catholic churchmen wer,e great pulpit-orators? 1187.
Who were some of the leading writers of this period? 1085.
What work of this period is precious to Christians? 1085, 1427.
What French scientist and writer founded modern philosophy? 522,
French life under Louis XIV is set forth in what writings? 1085.
What has been the most brilliant period of the Provencal language?
1554. What were the characteristics of French literature of the eighteenth
century? 1085. What work influenced French thought to a great extent during this
period? 1085, 1256.
Who was the queen of letter-writers? 1729. What can you tell about Voltaire and his influence? 2029. Who was considered the greatest literary critic of modern times?
1663.
Who was Rousseau? 1638. What natural history, though not authentic, is considered a French
classic? 1085, 286.
What was the leading novel of the eighteenth century? 1085, 1057. Who was the prince of French orators? 1238. What romantic idyl was Napoleon's favorite book? 1662. In the nineteenth century what school arose in French literature?
1085.
Who were the leaders of this school? 1085. What are some of the writings of the most popular authors of the
romantic school? 1085.
Who was considered the greatest French novelist? 1085, 895. What woman was the George Eliot of French fiction? 1673. In what department of French literature of the nineteenth century
has the greatest work been done? 1085.
Who is the chief French poet of the nineteenth century? 1085. What other French poet is almost as famous? 1292. Who are some of the leading nineteenth century historians? 1085. What French historian set historical study on foot in Europe in the
nineteenth century? 813,
Who are the leading philosophers and critics of this century? 1086. Of whom is it said: "He found French poetry a piece of brick and
stucco and left it a palace builded of jewels?'* 895. How did the author of Monte Cristo bring himself into disrepute? 560. Who joked the Provencals and created Tartarin of Tarasconf 506. Who was the earliest French historian? 704. What notable journalist, although French, wrote in English? 230.
SPANISH.
What is the Poem of the Cid? 1086, 398.
What is the best book of chivalry? 56.
How did the Spanish obtain their ballads? 398, 1086.
When were the best Spanish lyrics written? 1086.
What Spanish scholar published the second polyglot Bible? 2118.
What drama is a novel, what novel a drama? 1086.
Who were the lyric poets of Spain? 1086.
Of whom did Byron say: "He laughed Spain's chivalry away"? 36L
What is the best known and best loved of all Spanish books? 1086.
Who were some of the dramatists of the golden age of Cervantes t
1086.
Who wrote nearly two thousand plays? 2007. When did Spanish literature decline? 1086. Are any of the Best European novels between 1800 and 1900 the wort
of Spaniards? 1086.
What Spanish orator was a modern Cicero? 347. What nation has the greatest number of proverbs? 1555.
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