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Italo Calvino
Contributed by: Simpson
  • 1. What is the birth year of Italo Calvino?
A) 1930
B) 1920
C) 1925
D) 1923
  • 2. What is the original Italian title of 'Invisible Cities'?
A) Le città fantastiche
B) Le città perdute
C) Le città invisibili
D) Le città scomparse
  • 3. In which year did Italo Calvino pass away?
A) 2000
B) 1980
C) 1990
D) 1985
  • 4. Which city heavily influenced Calvino's writing?
A) Turin
B) Florence
C) Venice
D) Rome
  • 5. What style is prominently featured in 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler'?
A) Biographical
B) Metafiction
C) Epic
D) Non-fiction
  • 6. Which of these is a fantasy element in Calvino's work?
A) Talking animals
B) Realistic dialogue
C) Historical figures
D) Politics
  • 7. Which of these works is a collection of short stories by Calvino?
A) Cosmicomics
B) The Path to the Nest of Spiders
C) The Castle of Crossed Destinies
D) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
  • 8. What profession did Calvino hold early in his career?
A) Artist
B) Journalist
C) Scientist
D) Teacher
  • 9. Calvino's narrative style is often described as?
A) Solemn
B) Conventional
C) Playful
D) Dry
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