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Galicia PAU Galician Language & Literature II (CIUG 2026) is a 90-minute university entrance exam assessing 2º Bachillerato syllabus domains in Galician language, literature, and sociolinguistics.
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1Which landmark 1863 poetry collection by Rosalía de Castro is considered the foundational work of the 19th-century Galician Rexurdimento?
A.Cantares gallegos
B.Follas novas
C.En las orillas del Sar
D.A gaita galega
Explanation: Rosalía de Castro published Cantares gallegos on May 17, 1863, a date now celebrated as Día das Letras Galegas. It marked the rebirth of Galician literature (Rexurdimento) after centuries of literary silence known as the Séculos Escuros.
2How does Rosalía de Castro's 1880 poetry collection 'Follas novas' differ in tone and thematic focus from her earlier 'Cantares gallegos' (1863)?
A.It shifts from communal folk celebration and social vindication to profound existential grief, personal pain, and metaphysical solitude
B.It abandons the Galician language in favor of strict neoclassic Castilian Spanish couplets
C.It adopts a celebratory epic tone focused on ancient Celtic mythology and martial legends
D.It consists exclusively of humorous satirical fables attacking rural superstitions
Explanation: While Cantares gallegos expressed folk identity and collective social grievances of Galician peasants, Follas novas delves into deep personal suffering, existential despair (saudade, mágoa), and metaphysical solitude alongside social denunciations of emigration.
3What central mythic and ideological concept permeates Eduardo Pondal's poetry collection 'Queixumes dos pinos'?
A.Celtic bards (celtismo) and the myth of Breogán to forge an epic Galician national identity
B.Provençal courtly love dynamics between feudal knights and aristocratic ladies
C.Industrial progress and urban modernist technology
D.Religious mysticism and monastic asceticism
Explanation: Eduardo Pondal formulated a Celtic mythic framework in Queixumes dos pinos, portraying Galicia as the land of Breogán inhabited by noble bards (Pines) called to awaken a heroic national spirit.
4The lyrics of the official anthem of Galicia, 'Os Pinos' ('Os teus osartes...'), are taken from a poem by which Rexurdimento author?
A.Eduardo Pondal
B.Manuel Curros Enríquez
C.Rosalía de Castro
D.Xoán Manuel Pintos
Explanation: The text of 'Os Pinos', set to music by Pascual Veiga and first performed in Havana in 1907, was written by Eduardo Pondal.
5Manuel Curros Enríquez's 1880 poetry book 'A virxe do do structural' (A virxe do do structural / Aires da miña terra) stirred major controversy and church condemnation due to its:
A.Fierce social realism, anticlerical critique of ecclesiastical exploitation, and defense of oppressed peasants
B.Promotion of avant-garde Dadaist absurdity and surrealist automatic writing
C.Advocacy for strict feudal restoration and monarchist absolutism
D.Exclusive focus on esoteric pagan astrology and alchemy
Explanation: Curros Enríquez's Aires da miña terra (1880) contained denunciations of clerical greed and feudal agrarian taxes (foros), leading the Bishop of Ourense to excommunicate the author and confiscate copies.
6In Curros Enríquez's famous poem 'A miña patria' (or 'O maia'), how is the locomotive (train) symbolically represented?
A.As an engine of progress that can break rural isolation, yet also an instrument carrying Galician emigrants away from their homeland
B.As a demonic monster created exclusively to destroy nature and ancient monuments
C.As a divine manifestation of medieval chivalry returning to save the peasantry
D.As an irrelevant detail in an otherwise strictly pastoral romantic narrative
Explanation: Curros Enríquez viewed modern technology like the railway ambivalently: it promised progress and communication, but practically facilitated the tragic mass emigration of Galician youth.
7What major 1853 work by Xoán Manuel Pintos combined prose, verse, Galician, and Castilian to defend the dignity of the Galician language?
A.A gaita galega
B.Proezas de Galicia
C.A gaita galiciana
D.Os calcorros
Explanation: A gaita galega (1853) by Xoán Manuel Pintos is the most representative pre-Rexurdimento work, using a dialogue between a Galician piper and a Castilian lawyer to vindicate the Galician language.
8The political and cultural movement of 1846 known as 'Provincialismo' contributed to the Rexurdimento by:
A.Reclaiming Galicia's historical autonomy and administrative dignity following the tragic execution of Solís and his officers at Carral
B.Signing an agreement to abolish the Galician language in public schools
C.Establishing the first Spanish-only literary academy in Santiago de Compostela
D.Promoting absolute integration into the centralist administration of Madrid
Explanation: Provincialismo was a political movement led by young intellectuals like Antolín Faraldo. Their failed 1846 uprising against centralism led to the execution of the 'Martyres de Carral', sparking Galician regional awareness.
9Which theme is prominent in Rosalía de Castro's poem 'Castellanos de Castilla' from 'Cantares gallegos'?
A.Denunciation of the mistreatment and exploitation suffered by Galician migrant laborers working the Castilian wheat fields
B.Praise for the harsh climate and feudal aristocracy of central Spain
C.A romanticized portrayal of Castilian knightly tournaments
D.An endorsement of mass peasant emigration to South America
Explanation: In 'Castellanos de Castilla', Rosalía passionately condemns the contempt, humiliation, and grueling labor conditions endured by Galician harvesters in Castile.
10The 'Xogos Florais da Coruña' held in 1861 were historically significant for the Rexurdimento because:
A.They constituted the first public literary competition dedicated to poetry written in Galician, leading to the publication of an inaugural anthology
B.They banned all works written in Galician in favor of French neoclassical tragedy
C.They marked the founding of the first Galician daily newspaper published in Buenos Aires
D.They resulted in the immediate legal recognition of Galician as an official co-language of Spain
Explanation: Organized in 1861 by figures like Xosé López da Silva, the Xogos Florais da Coruña stimulated native poetic creation and resulted in the compilation Album da Caldaria, a landmark for the Rexurdimento.
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