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Italy through history and art
Italy through history and art
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Let's find out more about #Italian history and #art
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1
A famous Italian opera is
Don Matteo
Cavalleria Marsicana
Toscana
Rigoletto
2
William Shakesphere wrote 38 plays; how many of them were set in Italy?
8
21
25
13
3
The month of August is named after the roman emperor Augustus
True
False
4
Rome was founded by twin brothers
Remulus and Romus
Romulus and Remulus
Romulus and Remus
5
'sfumato' means blended, is an art technique created by which Italian Renaissance artist?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Tintoretto
Tiziano
6
Claretta Petacci, who was killed with Mussolini, was his
Mistress
Colleague
Cousin
7
The Renaissance started as a cultural movement in
In Italy
In France and then spread to Italy
In France
8
Italy shows evidence of habitation by anatomically modern humans beginning about
12,000 years ago
43,000 years ago
35,000 years ago
51,000 years ago
9
Opera was born in Italy around the year
1200
1500
1600
1300
10
During the last Ice Age the island of Sicily was connected to the mainland
False
True
11
Leonardo's famous painting The Last Supper can be admired
the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan
in Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City
12
The artist Caravaggio used street women as models for his paintings
False
True
13
Benito Mussolini's Party was the
Italian Fascist Party
United Italian Fascists
National Fascist Party
14
The surname of Michelangelo is
Buonarroti
Berlusconi
Rossi
De Monti
15
Unlike other Renaissance artists, Leonardo da Vinci never received any kind of formal education
True
False
16
In 1348, what plague hit Italy, killing a third of the population?
The black death
The red death
The bad death
The great death
17
The Birth of Venus is a famous painting by Italian artist
Botticelli
Raffaello
Caravaggio
18
The name of the city Naples, in Greek Neapolis, means
New City
Beautiful City
City of the South
Sunny City
19
Benito Mussolini was known as 'Il Duce' meaning
The leader
The best
The wise
20
Caravaggio mastered the painting technique known as chiaroscuro
True
False
21
Leonardo da Vinci is primarily known as a
Scientist
Painter
Sculptor
Musician
22
When Michelangelo started working on the statue of David he was
26 years old
19 years old
36 years old
23
Mozart, a German composer, wrote many operas in Italian
False
True