This document contains an assessment test about the culture and traditions of partner countries in the Comenius Multilateral Project from 2012-2014. It includes quizzes about Turkey, Romania, Spain, Poland, Italy, and Latvia, asking questions about each country's landmarks, cultural practices, famous figures, and historical sites in order to test knowledge of the partner cultures.

1. Comenius Multilateral Project 2012-2014
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ASSESSMENT TEST ABOUT THE COMENIUS
PARTNERS’ CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
Quiz about Turkey
1. What is the largest mosque in Istanbul and the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets?
a) Kocatepe Mosque; b) Yeşil Mosque; c) Arap Mosque; d) Blue Mosque.
2. Do you know who is the most popular and humorous figure in the Turkish tradition?
a) Al Basti; b) Nasreddin Hoca; c) Taram Baba; d) Shah Meran.
3. How is called the ceremony held the night before the wedding, as a bride' s special party, spent
together with her close girlfriends?
a) Henna Night; b) Achiote Night; c) Genipapo Night; d) Mehndi Night.
4. Can you encircle the Turkish “cotton castle” declared a World Heritage Site, where terraces of
carbonate minerals are left by the flowing water?
a) Hattu a; b) Cappadociaș ; c) Pamukkale; d) Edirne.
Quiz about Romania
1. What are the extremely complex men’s folk dances from Romania which have been declared
by UNESCO to be “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity”?
a) The Căluşari; b) The Iele; c) The Rusalii; d) The Paparuda.
2. How do the Romanians celebrate Easter or springtime?
a) Making snowmen; b) Picking grapes; c) Decorating eggs; d) Sacrificing pigs.
3. Choose from the following buildings the national monument and landmark in Romania,
commonly known as Count Dracula’s place?
a) Cotroceni Palace; b) Black Church; c) Putna Monastery; d) Bran Castle.
4. Who is the Romanian musician known as “The Master of the Pan Flute”?
a) Octavian Bellu; b) Gheorghe Zamfir; c); Liviu Ciulei; d) George Enescu.
Quiz about Spain
1. What is the name of the traditional Valencian rice dish that originated from Albufera Lagoon?
a) Tapas; b) Pincho; c) Paella; d) Morcilla.
2. How is named the Spanish early winter tradition characterized by people jumping over fires as
a symbolic protection against illness?
a) Epiphania; b) Nochebuena; c) La Patum; d) Hogueras.
3. Are you able to encircle the name of the Spanish city declared a World Heritage Site by
UNESCO in 1986, being a place of coexistence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures?
a) Zaragoza; b) Toledo; c) Almería; d) Maqueda.
4. Who published “Don Quixote”, the most influential work of the Spanish literature?
a) Miguel de Cervantes; b) Lope de Vega; c) Federico García Lorca; d) Luis Romero.

2. Quiz about Poland
1. What is the name of the Polish famous novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1905, who
eulogised the historical tradition?
a) Adam Mickiewicz; b) Henryk Sienkiewicz; c) Jan Potocki; d) Luis Buñuel.
2. Can you select from these four names the Polish memorial and museum which includes the
German concentration camps?
a) Auschwitz Museum; b) Kaszuby Museum; c) Śląsk Museum; d) Diocesan Museum.
3. Recognize from the following the Polish tradition on Wet Easter Monday when boys douse
girls with water and switch their legs?
a) Assumption Day; b) Labor Day; c) Śmigus-Dyngus Day; d) Corpus Christi.
4. Who was the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist inventing the instrumental ballade?
a) Karol Lipiński; b) Witold Lutosławski; c) Tadeusz Szeligowski; d) Frédéric Chopin.
Quiz about Italy
1. With what opportunity do the Italians celebrate on the 19th
of March by wearing traditional red
clothing and by eating a Sicilian pastry known as a “zeppola”?
a) Saint Joseph's Day; b) Columbus Day; c) Liberation Day; d) Cricket Festival.
2. What is the most famous Byzantine structure in Venice City?
a) Basilica Porcia; b) Julian Basilica; c) Basilica of Saint Mark; d) Aemilian
Basilica.
3. Do you guess what is the antipasto from Italy whose origin dates to at least the 15th century,
consisting of roasted bread rubbed with garlic and topped with extra-virgin olive oil, salt and
pepper?
a) Arancini; b) Bruschetta; c) Granita; d) Risotto.
4. Who is the author of “The Divine Comedy”, with whom the Italian literature and literary
language began?
a) Torquato Tasso; b) Giovanni Boccaccio; c) Niccolò Machiavelli; d) Dante
Alighieri.
Quiz about Latvia
1. What of these terms represents a form of traditional architecture in Latvia?
a) Conch houses; b) Deck houses; c) Manor house; d) Log houses.
2. How is called the Latvian folk song representing one of the distinguishing features of the
Latvian culture.?
a) Daina; b) Auseklis; c) Saule; d) Kokle.
3. Does one of these four historical and cultural regions of Latvia literally means “The Middle
Land”?
a) Courland; b) Zemgale; c) Vidzeme; d) Latgale.
4. Who is one of the most prominent figures in Latvian literature today, the poet also known for
establishing a fund to promote the development of Latvian culture?
a) Lauris Reiniks; b) Imants Ziedonis; c) Ernests Gulbis; d) Igors Aksiks.