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Eugenio Montale Trivia Quiz

Here are some easy questions about Montale's life and works. How much do you know about him?

A multiple-choice quiz by darkandre. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
darkandre

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
296,414

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where was Montale born? Hint

Genoa

Turin

Milan

Bologna

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these is his first collection of poems? Hint

Ossi di Seppia

La bufera ed altro

Le occasioni

Xenia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which American poet had considerable influence on Montale's work? Hint

e. e. cummings

Ezra Pound

T. S. Eliot

Edgar Allan Poe

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which was his wife's nickname? Hint

Volpe

Mosca

Allodola

Clizia

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which year was Montale awarded with the Nobel Prize for literature? Hint

1965

1975

1978

1981

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why was Montale dismissed from his job (he was the director of the Gabinetto Viesseux research library in Florence)? Hint

He lost all his money

He was a friend of Svevo's

He committed a crime

He refused to join the Fascist Party

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Question 7 of 10

7. Montale joined the Army during the Second World War.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these women was NOT related to Montale? Hint

Maria di Gallese

Drusillla Tanzi

Irma Brandeis

Clizia

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Question 9 of 10

9. Montale translated a lot of English poems into Italian.

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which year did Montale die? Hint

1980

1981

1982

1979

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Montale born?

Answer: Genoa

Eugenio Montale was born in Genoa (October 12th 1896). He spent his childhood in Genoa, and the landscape of this region influenced his works (like "Ossi di Seppia").

2. Which of these is his first collection of poems?

Answer: Ossi di Seppia

His first collection of poems "Ossi di seppia" ("Cuttlefish Bones") appeared in 1925.

3. Which American poet had considerable influence on Montale's work?

Answer: T. S. Eliot

An important role in Montale's poetry was played by T. S. Eliot. In fact, Eliot's new poems were shown to Montale. "The objective correlative used by Montale in his poetry, was certainly influenced by T. S. Eliot". (Source: Wikipedia, Eugenio Montale).

4. Which was his wife's nickname?

Answer: Mosca

Montale's wife was Drusilla Tanzi, who was nicknamed "Mosca" ("fly") because of her thick glasses.

5. In which year was Montale awarded with the Nobel Prize for literature?

Answer: 1975

Montale was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1975 "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions." (Source: Wikipedia, Eugenio Montale).

6. Why was Montale dismissed from his job (he was the director of the Gabinetto Viesseux research library in Florence)?

Answer: He refused to join the Fascist Party

Montale was always an opponent of Fascism.

7. Montale joined the Army during the Second World War.

Answer: False

Montale never joined the army in World War II, and since he was an opponent of Fascism, he was also against the war.

8. Which of these women was NOT related to Montale?

Answer: Maria di Gallese

Maria di Gallese wasn't related to Montale in any way: she was D'Annunzio's wife.

9. Montale translated a lot of English poems into Italian.

Answer: Yes

Montale translated a lot of English poems by Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, Yeats, Blake ...

10. In which year did Montale die?

Answer: 1981

Montale died in Milan in 1981.

Source: Author darkandre

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