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

Madeline Cohen

Calvin Klein

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

Third person limited narration

Third person omniscient narration

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

It was a dark and stormy night.

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though.
4 What is "the first condition for enjoying a read"?
Reading next to someone else.

Not knowing the ending of the book you are reading.

Having your feet up.

Buying a newly published book.
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 That Haven't Been Written

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
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

The reader wonders whether the book will have elements of fantasy

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

It is written in third person
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 jail

In a train station in an unknown small town

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"?
It is an allusion to a play by William Shakespeare

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

They are code words

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"?
Someone has written notes in it

A word has been translated incorrectly

The pages repeat

The illustrations are missing
12 What word does Calvino use for a group of pages within a book?
Index

Chapter

Signature

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

Never read again

Sue the publishing house

Throw the book extremely far away
14 Which book does the reader decide to get when he returns to the book shop with his defective copy?
A full copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

A partial copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

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

A partial copy of "If on a winter's night a traveler"
15 What makes the reader feel like "a man" (32)?
Getting the phone number of the book shop worker

Demanding a full copy of "Outside the town of Malbork"

Kissing the other reader at the book shop

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

The pages haven't been cut apart
17 What does the reader realize when he starts reading "Outside the town of Malbork"?
The woman in the book shop lied to him

The book was not written by Calvino

It is not the same story he was reading previously

The book does not take place in Poland
18 What is the name of the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork"?
Ponko

Mr. Kauderer

Gritzvi

Brigd
19 Who does the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork" fight with?
Mr. Kauderer

Brigd

Ponko

Gritzvi
20 What possession of Ponko's does the narrator take interest in?
A strange food

A printing press

A book

A photograph of a girl
21 Where is the narrator of "Outside the town of Malbork" from?
Pëtkwo

Poland

A small town near a train station

South America
22 How does the reader feel while reading the story "Outside the town of Malbork"?
Alone

Aroused

Not alone

Angry
23 What does the reader find out is wrong with the book "Outside the town of Malbork" after reading for a while?
The book contains long passages in a language the reader does not understand

Someone has taken notes in the book

The signatures are repeated

Some pages are blank and some contain a different story
24 Where is the town Pëtkwo located?
Malbork

Cimmeria

Poland

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

Cimmeria

Ludmilla

Lotaria

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