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Modern Italian Literature Trivia Quiz

This quiz deals with, mainly, the internationally or nationally best known novelists that published after the Second World War.- Multiple Choice questions everywhere.- For lovers of la bella Italia.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
43,709

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
562

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Though the book was published already in 1923, 'The Confessions of Zeno' is still one of the internationally best received works of modern Italian literature. Who wrote it? Hint

Alberto Savinio

Italo Svevo

Carlo Emilio Gadda

Italo Calvino

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which Italian town did James Joyce reside when he befriended Italo Svevo? Hint

Trieste

Milan

Florence

Rome

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Question 3 of 10

3. Though Italo Calvino was brought up in San Remo, he was actually born in another country than Italy. Where? Hint

Argentine

Cuba

Monaco

Canada

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these was NOT a Sicilian? Hint

Tomasi di Lampedusa

Elio Vittorini

Leonardo Sciascia

Luigi Meneghello

5. 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'.? Hint

Robert Louis Stevenson

Joseph Conrad

John Buchan

Walter Scott

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote the successful novel : 'Christ stopped at Eboli'' ? Hint

Carlo Levi

Ignazio Silone

Primo Levi

Alberto Moravia

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the title of Giorgio Bassani's novel that was made into a successful film? Hint

The Fictional Stories of the Contadini

Viscount Fellini

The Visconti Brothers

The Garden of the Finzi- Contini

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did Pier Paolo Pasolini (filmmaker AND novelist) die ? Hint

suicide

killed by a mugger

drowned by accident

died while having sadomasochistic sex

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Question 9 of 10

9. What branch of linguistics is Umberto Eco 's academic speciality ? Hint

onomastics

semiotics

semantics

etymology

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Sicilian nobleman wrote a 'leopard story ' which Luchino Visconti made into a very successful film ? Hint

Cesare Pavese

Tomasi di Lampedusa

Luigi Malherba

Gianni Celati

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Though the book was published already in 1923, 'The Confessions of Zeno' is still one of the internationally best received works of modern Italian literature. Who wrote it?

Answer: Italo Svevo

Alberto Savinio (1891-1952) was the brother of painter Giorgio de Chirico. - Gadda (1893 - 1973 ) is known for 'La Cognizione del Dolore' ('Acquainted With Grief') - It has been said that Italo Calvino is much more difficult to translate, and that would account for his slower rise to success. - Svevo was a personal friend of James Joyce 's.

2. In which Italian town did James Joyce reside when he befriended Italo Svevo?

Answer: Trieste

3. Though Italo Calvino was brought up in San Remo, he was actually born in another country than Italy. Where?

Answer: Cuba

4. Which of these was NOT a Sicilian?

Answer: Luigi Meneghello

Meneghello (born in 1922) wrote a book about his birthplace Malo near Vicenza. Title: 'Libera Nos a Malo' .- Elio Vittorini (1908 - 1966)wrote about Sicily ('In Sicily. 1938-39').He also wrote about Sardinia. -Di Lampedusa is famous for his ' Il Gattopardo ' , a novel about a 19th century Sicilian Prince.Made into a film by Luchino Visconti.- Sciascia made a film about an archetypal Sicilian subject: 'Mafia Vendetta'1961.

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

6. Who wrote the successful novel : 'Christ stopped at Eboli'' ?

Answer: Carlo Levi

Ignazio Silone (1900 - 1978 ),anti-Fascist author. Wrote 'Fontamara' , when he was in Switzerland as a refugee, 1930. - Alberto Moravia was famous for such novels as 'the Woman of Rome' 1947 and 'The Empty Canvas' 1960. Combines social realism with the spirit of existentialism. -Primo Levi is a chemical engineer and authored ' Periodic Table' . Was captured as a Jew and a 'partisan' during World War II , deported to Auschwitz , survived and was released from the death camp in 1945 .

7. What was the title of Giorgio Bassani's novel that was made into a successful film?

Answer: The Garden of the Finzi- Contini

8. How did Pier Paolo Pasolini (filmmaker AND novelist) die ?

Answer: killed by a mugger

Born in Bologna 1922. Murdered in 1975. His family originated from Friuli. Books : 'The Ragazzi' 1955 {;} 'A Violent Life' 1959.

9. What branch of linguistics is Umberto Eco 's academic speciality ?

Answer: semiotics

Successful books he wrote are : 'The Name of the Rose' 1980 and 'Foucault's Pendulum' 1988

10. Which Sicilian nobleman wrote a 'leopard story ' which Luchino Visconti made into a very successful film ?

Answer: Tomasi di Lampedusa

Celati wrote 'Avventure di Guizzardi' - Luigi Malherba wrote 'Il Serpente' 1962 - Cesare Pavese was born in Piedmont (1908) and wrote 'The Moon and the Bonfires' 1950.

Source: Author flem-ish

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