1. What is the capital of Italy?A.Firenze
B.Milano
C.Roma
2.What is the Vatican?
A.independent state
B. an island
C.a peninsula
3. Which is an island of Italy?
A.Sicilia
B.Napoli
C.Corsica
4.Which Italian word means to buy?
A. giocare
B.comprare
C.guardare
5. Which Italian word means to have and is an auxillary verb used in the passato prossimo?
A.essere
B.avere
C.andare
6. In Italy, what is January 6 called?
A.Natale
B.Pasqua
C.Epifania
7. Name a river from Italy out of the following choices.
A.Po
B.Amazon
C.Hudson
8. Which one of these landmarks is supposed to bring good luck to its visitors?
A.Fontana di Trevi
B.The Vatican
C.The Colloseum.
9. What verb means to come?
A.venire
B.potere
C.volere
10. Which tense expresses the future?
A.Condizionale
B.Futuro
C.Imperfetto
11. Which tense refers to when you were thinking about something while it happened in the past?
A.presente
B.congiuntivo passato
C.futuro
12. Which one of these buildings has art that was painted by Michelangelo?
A.The Uffizi
B.The Sistine Chapel
C.The Louvre
13. How do you say 2,000 in Italian?
A.cento
B.due mila
C.cinquanta
14. In what year was Italy united?
A.802,701
B.1860
C.1364
15. During WWI which countries did Italy ally with?
A. England and France
B. Austria-Hungary and Germany
C.Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and USA
16. After Italy switched sides due to a turn of events, which country did Italy ally with during WWI and WWII?
A.Japan
B.USA
C.Switzerland
17. In Italy, before and during WWII, who was the Italian fascist dictator who rose to power through the military and influenced Hitler?
A.Franco
B.Benito Mussolini
C. Winston Churchill
18. What famous government building did Italian artist Constantino Brumidi paint in?
A.Parliament
B.The Capitol
C.The Kremlin
19. Which one of these is a famous Italian opera?
A.La Boheme
B.La Vita Bella
C.Il Cinema Paradiso
20. Which one of these Italians was an inventor and painter during the Renaissance?
A.Leonardo Da Vinci
B.Constantino Brumidi
C.Puccini
21. Who said the famous Latin quote: "Et tu, Brute"?
A.Brutus
B.Julius Caesar
C.Cassius
22. Who is in charge of North's Italian Club and Italian Honors Society?
A. Ms.Maisano
B.Ms. Minze
C.Ms.Pugliese
23. At North, who is the president of the Italian Honor Society?
A.Kathleen Giandonato
B.Michael Marconi
C.Robert Molinaro
24. In the old tale of Romulus and Remus what was significant about Romulus's name?
A.Rome was titled after his namesake
B.He was killed by his wolf mother
C.Romulus was run over by a time traveller driving a DeLorean Time Machine.
25. How many years does it take a North student who is studying Italian to reach the Honor level?
A.6
B.4
C.3
ANSWERS
1.C
2.A
3.A
4.B
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.A
9.A
10.A
11.B
12.B
13.B
14.B
15.B
16.B
17.B
18.B
19.A
20.A
21.B
22.A
23.A
24.A
25.B
