If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Quizzes

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Quiz 1

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

Calvin Klein

Madeline Cohen

William Shakespeare
2 What type of narration is used in the first chapter of "If on a winter's night a traveler"?
Third person limited narration

Third person omniscient narration

First person 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.

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler.

The novel begins in a railway station.
4 What is "the first condition for enjoying a read"?
Not knowing the ending of the book you are reading.

Buying a newly published book.

Having your feet up.

Reading next to someone else.
5 Where does the narrator say the reader found out about Calvino's new book?
The newspaper

The news broadcast

A friend

Amazon
6 Which of the following is NOT a category of books in the bookstore the reader visits?
Books That Haven't Been Written

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

Books Made For Purposes Other Than Reading

Books You Haven't Read
7 What is the reader's first thought upon beginning "If on a winter's night a traveler"?
It is written in a language the reader doesn't recognize

It is written in third person

The style is unusual for the author

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 house in Cimmeria

In a train station in an unknown small town

In a jail

In the mountains of South America
9 What significant object does the narrator of the story-within-a-story "If on a winter's night a traveler" possess?
A book

A neon sign

A suitcase

A watch
10 How is "Zeno of Elea" significant in the story-within-a-story "If on a winter's night a traveler"?
She is the woman the narrator is infatuated with

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
11 What does the reader realize is wrong with his copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"?
Someone has written notes in it

The illustrations are missing

The pages repeat

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

Chapter

Index

Zeno
13 What does the reader's anger at the repeating signatures make him want to do?
Ask for a partial refund

Throw the book extremely far away

Never read again

Sue the publishing house
14 Which book does the reader decide to get when he returns to the book shop with his defective copy?
A full copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"

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

A full copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

A partial copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"
15 What makes the reader feel like "a man" (32)?
Getting the phone number of the book shop worker

Kissing the other reader at the book shop

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?
It lacks a dedication

A word has been translated incorrectly

The pages haven't been cut apart

The signatures repeat
17 What does the reader realize when he starts reading "Outside the town of Malbork"?
The book does not take place in Poland

It is not the same story he was reading previously

The woman in the book shop lied to him

The book was not written by Calvino
18 What is the name of the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork"?
Mr. Kauderer

Gritzvi

Ponko

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

Mr. Kauderer

Brigd

Gritzvi
20 What possession of Ponko's does the narrator take interest in?
A photograph of a girl

A printing press

A book

A strange food
21 Where is the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork" from?
A small town near a train station

South America

Poland

Pëtkwo
22 How does the reader feel while reading the story "Outside the town of Malbork"?
Not alone

Aroused

Alone

Angry
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

Someone has taken notes in the book

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

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

Cimmeria

Malbork

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

Brigd

Cimmeria

Ludmilla

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