CCSE task 4: Spanish culture and history
The exam has 3 questions from this task (out of 25). Here are original practice questions with answers and explanations.
Practice questions (36)
- In the novel El Quijote, who goes with don Quijote as his squire?
- Who is the author of the play La casa de Bernarda Alba?
- Who wrote Nada, the Spanish post-war novel that won the Premio Nadal?
- What successful book did the author Irene Vallejo write?
- Which Spanish woman writer wrote her works in Catalan, another official language of Spain?
- Which Spanish composer wrote the work El amor brujo?
- Which instrument is most associated with flamenco?
- What is Isabel Coixet's profession?
- Which Spanish singer is very famous all over the world today?
- Which woman director stood out for her critical view and for renewing Spanish cinema?
- What did Paco de Lucía do for a living?
- Which woman painted the picture La verbena?
- In which museum in Madrid can you see Picasso's painting Guernica?
- Which tradition is typical of San Juan night, on 23 June?
- What is celebrated in Spain on the night of 24 December?
- What does Juan Mari Arzak do?
- What are the typical songs sung at Christmas called?
- Which festival does Pamplona celebrate every July, with its main day on the 7th?
- What do people eat in Nochevieja, at twelve at night, to welcome the new year?
- What is celebrated in Spain on 6 December?
- In which city is the Mezquita, a building declared a World Heritage Site?
- In which Spanish city is the Alhambra palace?
- What is Clara Campoamor known for?
- Which cultures lived together on the Peninsula during the Middle Ages?
- Which city was a great science centre in Al-Ándalus, where medicine and astronomy were studied?
- In which city is the Guggenheim Museum?
- Which Spanish woman scientist is very well known for her research in biochemistry?
- What is the largest public scientific research institution in Spain?
- Which of these famous people won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
- Which people are given the Premio Cervantes?
- Which Spanish prize honours the best films and the best actors?
- Which prizes promote scientific, cultural and humanistic values and are given in Oviedo?
- In which sport are the La Liga championship and the Copa del Rey tournament played?
- Why are the athletes Teresa Perales and Daniel Molina famous?
- Which sport has a huge number of fans in Spain?
- Which of these Spanish athletes plays tennis?
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