Exercise 1 - Why 1896 mattered (sample answer)

The millennium celebrations gave the state a reason to show Hungary as modern
and European with a long history, and the newly united capital was the stage.
Connected projects (any four): the Parliament, Heroes' Square and the
Millennium Monument, Vajdahunyad Castle, the Millennium Underground, Liberty
Bridge, Fisherman's Bastion, Andrassy Avenue.
Check which were actually finished by 1896; several were not.