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Who wrote the novel "Mērnieku laiki" (The Time of the Surveyors)?

In the exam (Latvian)

Kas uzrakstīja romānu „Mērnieku laiki“?

  1. aAnna BrigadereAnna Brigadere
  2. bAndrejs PumpursAndrejs Pumpurs
  3. cThe Kaudzītes brothersBrāļi KaudzītesCorrect answer

Why?

"Mērnieku laiki" was written by the brothers Reinis and Matīss Kaudzīte; the novel was published in 1879 and is regarded as the first original Latvian novel.

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