Literature

Question 1

What dialect became influential when Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch used it in their literary works?

Answer 1

The Tuscan Dialect

Question 2

Father of the Italian language, his major work is La Divina Commedia?

Answer 2

Dante Alighieri

Question 3

The Divine Comedy consists of three parts:

Answer 3

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

Question 4

Tuscan poet who developed the sonnet and is considered one of the first humanist?

Answer 4

Petrarch

Question 5

Tuscan writer who was a friend of Petrarch, wrote Decameron and story is told in ten days by ten characters?

Answer 5

Giovanni Boccaccio

Question 6

Famous Florentine political writer, philosopher, and diplomat. Wrote The Prince?

Answer 6

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 7

Wrote I promessi sposi?

Answer 7

Alessandro Manzoni

Question 8

Recipient of the Nobel Prize, before WWII prominent author?

Answer 8

Luigi Pirandello

Question 9

Wrote II nome della rosa, post WWII contemporary author?

Answer 9

Umberto Eco