If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Quizzes

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Quiz 1

By Madeline Cohen · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 25, 2018

1 Who is the author of "If on a winter's night a traveler"?

William Shakespeare

Madeline Cohen

Calvin Klein

Italo Calvino
2 What type of narration is used in the first chapter of "If on a winter's night a traveler"?

Third person omniscient narration

First person narration

Third person limited narration

Second person narration
3 How does the real novel "If on a winter's night a traveler" begin?

It was a dark and stormy night.

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though.

The novel begins in a railway station.

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler.
4 What is "the first condition for enjoying a read"?

Having your feet up.

Reading next to someone else.

Buying a newly published book.

Not knowing the ending of the book you are reading.
5 Where does the narrator say the reader found out about Calvino's new book?

The news broadcast

A friend

The newspaper

Amazon
6 Which of the following is NOT a category of books in the bookstore the reader visits?

Books You Haven't Read

Books Made For Purposes Other Than Reading

Books You Want To Own So They'll Be Handy Just In Case

Books That Haven't Been Written
7 What is the reader's first thought upon beginning "If on a winter's night a traveler"?

The style is unusual for the author

It is written in third person

It is written in a language the reader doesn't recognize

The reader wonders whether the book will have elements of fantasy
8 Where does the story-within-a-story "If on a winter's night a traveler" take place?

In a train station in an unknown small town

In a jail

In the mountains of South America

In a house in Cimmeria
9 What significant object does the narrator of the story-within-a-story "If on a winter's night a traveler" possess?

A watch

A neon sign

A suitcase

A book
10 How is "Zeno of Elea" significant in the story-within-a-story "If on a winter's night a traveler"?

They are code words

It is an allusion to a play by William Shakespeare

It is the name of the train the narrator was supposed to board

She is the woman the narrator is infatuated with
11 What does the reader realize is wrong with his copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"?

The pages repeat

Someone has written notes in it

The illustrations are missing

A word has been translated incorrectly
12 What word does Calvino use for a group of pages within a book?

Index

Zeno

Chapter

Signature
13 What does the reader's anger at the repeating signatures make him want to do?

Throw the book extremely far away

Sue the publishing house

Ask for a partial refund

Never read again
14 Which book does the reader decide to get when he returns to the book shop with his defective copy?

A partial copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

A partial copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"

A full copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

A full copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"
15 What makes the reader feel like "a man" (32)?

Kissing the other reader at the book shop

Getting the phone number of the book shop worker

Asking the other reader at the book shop for her phone number

Demanding a full copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"
16 What is immediately wrong with the second book the reader takes home from the book shop?

The signatures repeat

It lacks a dedication

The pages haven't been cut apart

A word has been translated incorrectly
17 What does the reader realize when he starts reading "Outside the town of Malbork"?

It is not the same story he was reading previously

The book does not take place in Poland

The book was not written by Calvino

The woman in the book shop lied to him
18 What is the name of the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork"?

Mr. Kauderer

Gritzvi

Brigd

Ponko
19 Who does the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork" fight with?

Gritzvi

Brigd

Ponko

Mr. Kauderer
20 What possession of Ponko's does the narrator take interest in?

A photograph of a girl

A printing press

A strange food

A book
21 Where is the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork" from?

A small town near a train station

Poland

South America

Pëtkwo
22 How does the reader feel while reading the story "Outside the town of Malbork"?

Angry

Alone

Aroused

Not alone
23 What does the reader find out is wrong with the book "Outside the town of Malbork" after reading for a while?

Some pages are blank and some contain a different story

The book contains long passages in a language the reader does not understand

Someone has taken notes in the book

The signatures are repeated
24 Where is the town Pëtkwo located?

Cimbria

Cimmeria

Poland

Malbork
25 What is the name of the woman the reader met at the book shop?

Cimmeria

Lotaria

Brigd

Ludmilla

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