* In which Italian town did James Joyce reside when he befriended Italo Svevo?
* Though Italo Calvino was brought up in San Remo, he was actually born in another country than Italy. Where?
* Which of these was NOT a Sicilian?
* Who is the British author of adventure stories that inspired Italo Calvino for his trilogy 'Our Ancestors' ,consisting of 1. 'The Cloven Viscount'2. 'The Baron of the Trees' 3. 'The Non - Existent Knight'.?
* Who wrote the successful novel : 'Christ stopped at Eboli'' ?
* What was the title of Giorgio Bassani's novel that was made into a successful film?
* How did Pier Paolo Pasolini (filmmaker AND novelist) die ?
* What branch of linguistics is Umberto Eco 's academic speciality ?
* Which Sicilian nobleman wrote a 'leopard story ' which Luchino Visconti made into a very successful film ?
* Who wrote "Il Visconte Dimezzato"?
* Who wrote "La Luna e i Fal?"?
* Who wrote "Il Barone Rampante"?
* Who wrote "Il Partigiano Johnny"?
* Who wrote "La Ragazza di Bube"?
* Who wrote "Se Questo ? un Uomo"?
* Who wrote "La Coscienza di Zeno"?
* Who wrote "Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini"?
* What was the name of the book Dante wrote before "The Divine Comedy" in which he describes his first sight of Beatrice?
* Which of these was one of the story tellers in "The Decameron" by Boccaccio?
* In "The Decameron", how many days of story telling were there?