DenmarkDansk kulturliv 5 · Danish cultural life
The writer Herman Bang belonged to the “Modern Breakthrough” (det moderne gennembrud) at the end of the 19th century. Which book did he write?
In the exam (Danish)
Forfatteren Herman Bang hørte til "det moderne gennembrud" i slutningen af 1800-tallet. Hvilken bog skrev han?
- a“Kongens Fald” (The Fall of the King)Kongens Fald
- b“Lykke-Per” (Lucky Per)Lykke-Per
- c“Ved Vejen” (By the Wayside)Ved VejenCorrect answer
Why?
Herman Bang wrote the novel “Ved Vejen” (1886). The writers of the Modern Breakthrough questioned old attitudes, for example to religion, the family and gender roles.
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Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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