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Question 1Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the sentence with the correct verb form: «Penso che lui ___ ragione.»

  1. ha
  2. abbia Correct answer.
  3. avrà
  4. avrebbe

Explanation

After expressions of opinion such as «penso che», Italian requires the congiuntivo presente: «Penso che lui abbia ragione.» The subjunctive marks the statement as subjective rather than asserted fact.

Question 2Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the hypothetical period (type 2): «Se ___ più tempo, ti aiuterei volentieri.»

  1. avrei
  2. avrò
  3. avessi Correct answer.
  4. avevo

Explanation

An unreal condition in the present requires se + congiuntivo imperfetto in the protasis and condizionale presente in the apodosis: «Se avessi più tempo, ti aiuterei.»

Question 3Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the unreal past condition (type 3): «Se tu mi avessi avvertito, ___ venuto prima.»

  1. sarei venuto Correct answer.
  2. fossi venuto
  3. ero venuto
  4. venivo

Explanation

Type-3 hypothetical: se + congiuntivo trapassato («avessi avvertito») pairs with the condizionale passato («sarei venuto») in the main clause, expressing an unreal past outcome.

Question 4Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the correct tense for the background action: «Mentre ___ per strada, ho incontrato Marco.»

  1. ho camminato
  2. camminai
  3. camminerei
  4. camminavo Correct answer.

Explanation

With «mentre», the ongoing background action takes the imperfetto («camminavo»), while the interrupting event takes the passato prossimo («ho incontrato»). This imperfetto/passato prossimo contrast is central to Italian narration.

Question 5Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which sentence uses the passato remoto correctly for a completed event in the distant past?

  1. Dante nacque nel 1265. Correct answer.
  2. Dante è nato ieri.
  3. Dante nasceva ogni anno.
  4. Dante sarà nato nel 1265.

Explanation

«Dante nacque nel 1265» correctly uses the passato remoto for a single, completed event located in a closed, distant past. This is the standard tense for historical and literary narration.

Question 6Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Leggi il testo e rispondi. «Cara Giulia, come stai? Ti scrivo perché sabato prossimo è il mio compleanno e faccio una festa a casa mia. La festa comincia alle sette di sera. C'è anche Tommaso, che torna da Londra venerdì. Porta solo il tuo sorriso - per mangiare ci penso io: preparo la pizza con mia madre! Fammi sapere se vieni. Un abbraccio, Sara» Chi scrive l'email?

  1. Giulia
  2. Sara Correct answer.
  3. Tommaso
  4. La madre di Sara

Explanation

The email is signed «Sara» and addressed «Cara Giulia», so Sara is the writer and Giulia the recipient. Checking the signature and the opening greeting is the fastest way to identify sender and receiver.

Question 7Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Stesso testo dell'email di Sara. Quando comincia la festa?

  1. Venerdì pomeriggio
  2. Alle sette di sera Correct answer.
  3. Sabato mattina
  4. A mezzogiorno

Explanation

The text states: «La festa comincia alle sette di sera» - the party starts at seven in the evening. «Venerdì» is only the day Tommaso returns from London.

Question 8Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Stesso testo dell'email di Sara. Perché Tommaso è menzionato nel messaggio?

  1. Perché organizza la festa
  2. Perché torna da Londra il giorno prima Correct answer.
  3. Perché porta la pizza
  4. Perché compie gli anni anche lui

Explanation

Sara writes «C'è anche Tommaso, che torna da Londra venerdì»: Tommaso will be at the party because he returns from London on Friday, the day before Saturday's party.

Question 9Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Leggi l'avviso e rispondi. «Attenzione studenti! Venerdì 15 marzo la classe 3B farà una gita a Roma. Il pullman parte alle sette davanti alla scuola. Ogni studente deve portare un panino, una bottiglia d'acqua e il documento d'identità. Il ritorno è previsto per le venti. Chi non può partecipare deve avvisare la professoressa Martini entro mercoledì.» Quando si svolge la gita?

  1. Mercoledì 15 marzo
  2. Venerdì 15 marzo Correct answer.
  3. Sabato 15 marzo
  4. Domenica 15 marzo

Explanation

The notice states clearly: «Venerdì 15 marzo la classe 3B farà una gita a Roma». Wednesday is only the deadline to notify the teacher if you cannot go.

Question 10Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Stesso avviso della gita scolastica. A che ora parte il pullman?

  1. Alle sette Correct answer.
  2. Alle otto
  3. Alle venti
  4. A mezzogiorno

Explanation

The text says «Il pullman parte alle sette davanti alla scuola» - the coach leaves at seven in the morning. «Le venti» (eight p.m.) is the expected return time.

Question 11Writing, mediation and interaction

Which writing foundation types are offered in the modern-language Schreiben Teil II pattern described for Italian?

  1. Only multiple-choice grammar bubbles
  2. A literary text task and a non-literary text task for selection Correct answer.
  3. Only a mathematics proof
  4. Only a German translation without Italian

Explanation

Facherlass/modern-language structure gives a literary and a non-literary Schreibaufgabe for selection; work is in the foreign language.

Question 12Writing, mediation and interaction

When planning a Stellungnahme in Schreiben, the strongest first move is:

  1. State a clear thesis, then support with text evidence and a weighed counterpoint Correct answer.
  2. Copy the source text word-for-word without stance
  3. Write only in English because the bank is English
  4. List unrelated chemistry equations

Explanation

Official writing rewards structured argumentation with textual grounding; this MCQ bank only trains planning judgment.

Question 13Writing, mediation and interaction

Literary vs non-literary Schreiben choice should mainly depend on:

  1. Which task you can analyze more precisely under time with the operators given Correct answer.
  2. Whichever has more pictures only
  3. Random coin flip with no reading
  4. Avoiding Italian entirely

Explanation

Candidates select the literary or non-literary Aufgabe they can handle best; one task typically links to Schwerpunkt/Themenfelder.

Question 14Writing, mediation and interaction

Which operator cluster best fits deep literary analysis rather than mere summary?

  1. Analizzare / interpretare relationships between form and meaning Correct answer.
  2. Only elencare dates without commentary
  3. Only copiare the plot in identical wording
  4. Only tradurre into English and stop

Explanation

Analysis and interpretation operators require explaining how language and structure create effects-core Abitur writing skill.

Question 15Italian cultural and historical contexts

Divorce was introduced in Italy and then confirmed by referendum in which years?

  1. 1950; referendum 1954
  2. 1970; referendum 1974 Correct answer.
  3. 1981; referendum 1985
  4. 1948; referendum 1952

Explanation

The legge Fortuna-Baslini introduced divorce in 1970, and the 1974 referendum confirmed it against the abolition campaign - a milestone in the modernization of the Italian family.

Question 16Italian cultural and historical contexts

In Italian public debate, the word «mammoni» refers to:

  1. very young fathers
  2. wealthy entrepreneurs
  3. adults who continue living with their parents Correct answer.
  4. grandparents who raise their grandchildren

Explanation

«Mammoni» (from mamma) labels adults, often into their thirties, who keep living in the family home - linked to housing costs, precarious work, and strong family ties; it connects directly to the KCGO point «l'individuo alla ricerca di autonomia».

Question 17Italian cultural and historical contexts

The historical development of the Italian family («la famiglia nel suo sviluppo storico») is usually described as a shift:

  1. from nuclear to polygamous structures
  2. from matriarchal clans to tribal units
  3. from communal tribes to feudal households
  4. from the extended patriarchal family to the nuclear family Correct answer.

Explanation

The standard account traces the move from the famiglia patriarcale estesa - several generations under one authority, typical of the rural world - toward the modern famiglia nucleare of parents and children, alongside new forms such as single-parent and recomposed families.

Question 18Italian cultural and historical contexts

Themenfeld Q1.2 «Educazione» of the Hesse KCGO/Erlass centers on education:

  1. fra autoritarismo e permissivismo Correct answer.
  2. divario nord-sud
  3. omertà e consenso sociale
  4. clandestinità e sfruttamento

Explanation

Q1.2 treats education «fra autoritarismo e permissivismo» - between authoritarian upbringing and permissiveness - plus education according to gender stereotypes (LK additionally: models of education yesterday and today).

Question 19Italian cultural and historical contexts

«Educazione secondo gli stereotipi di genere» means, for example:

  1. giving all students identical grades
  2. steering girls and boys toward 'gender-appropriate' subjects, toys and roles Correct answer.
  3. abolishing physical education
  4. teaching only classical languages

Explanation

Gender-stereotyped education channels children into roles seen as fitting their sex - dolls vs. football, care professions vs. engineering - reproducing inequality that Q1.2 asks students to analyze critically.

Question 20Italian literature and textual interpretation

In what order do the three cantiche of Dante's Divina Commedia follow one another?

  1. Inferno – Purgatorio – Paradiso Correct answer.
  2. Paradiso – Purgatorio – Inferno
  3. Purgatorio – Inferno – Paradiso
  4. Inferno – Paradiso – Purgatorio

Explanation

Dante's journey proceeds from Hell through Purgatory to Paradise: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso - mirroring the soul's path from sin to salvation under the guidance of Virgil and then Beatrice.

Question 21Italian literature and textual interpretation

What is the rhyme scheme of the terza rima used by Dante in the Commedia?

  1. AAA BBB CCC
  2. ABAB CDCD
  3. ABA BCB CDC Correct answer.
  4. ABBA ABBA

Explanation

The terza rima chains tercets by interlocking rhyme: ABA BCB CDC - the middle line of each tercet supplies the rhyme for the next, propelling the narrative forward.

Question 22Italian literature and textual interpretation

To which woman is Petrarca's Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) chiefly dedicated?

  1. Beatrice
  2. Laura Correct answer.
  3. Fiammetta
  4. Giovanna

Explanation

Petrarca's Canzoniere celebrates Laura, the idealized beloved whose figure shapes the Western lyric tradition and the model of Petrarchism.

Question 23Italian literature and textual interpretation

Boccaccio's Decameron is framed by ten young people who leave Florence to escape which catastrophe?

  1. the Sack of Rome of 1527
  2. the Battle of Lepanto
  3. the fall of Constantinople
  4. the plague of 1348 Correct answer.

Explanation

The brigata of seven young women and three young men flees the Black Death of 1348 and tells one hundred novellas over ten days in a country villa outside Florence.

Question 24Italian literature and textual interpretation

What kind of work is Machiavelli's Il Principe (written around 1513)?

  1. a comedy about Florentine merchants
  2. a political treatise on how to acquire and maintain power Correct answer.
  3. a collection of love sonnets
  4. a history of the Roman Empire

Explanation

Il Principe is a political treatise analyzing how a ruler gains, keeps, and loses power, separating political action from conventional morality - the origin of the term 'machiavellian'.

Question 25Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct compound past: «Quando sono arrivato alla stazione, il treno ___.» (the train had already left)

  1. è già partito
  2. partiva già
  3. era già partito Correct answer.
  4. sarebbe già partito

Explanation

An action completed before another past moment takes the trapassato prossimo: «il treno era già partito». «Partire» is a movement verb conjugated with essere, giving «era partito».

Question 26Italian grammar and vocabulary

«Hai portato i documenti al direttore?» - «Sì, ___ ho portati ieri.» Choose the correct combined pronoun.

  1. ce li
  2. glieli Correct answer.
  3. me ne
  4. li ci

Explanation

Replacing «i documenti» (direct object, masculine plural → li) and «al direttore» (indirect object → gli) gives the combined form «glieli»: «Sì, glieli ho portati ieri.» The past participle agrees with the preceding direct-object pronoun (portati).

Question 27Italian grammar and vocabulary

«Quanti fratelli hai?» - «___ ho tre.» Choose the correct partitive pronoun.

  1. Ne Correct answer.
  2. Ci
  3. Li
  4. Vi

Explanation

The partitive pronoun «ne» replaces «di + noun» and answers quantity questions: «Ne ho tre» (= 'I have three of them').

Question 28Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the idiomatic particle: «___ vuole un'ora per arrivare in centro.» (It takes an hour to get downtown.)

  1. Si
  2. Vi
  3. Ne
  4. Ci Correct answer.

Explanation

The impersonal expression «volerci» ('to take/need time') is built with the particle ci: «Ci vuole un'ora». The same ci appears in «metterci» (Quanto tempo ci metti?).

Question 29Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the impersonal construction: «In Italia ___ mangia bene.»

  1. si Correct answer.
  2. ci
  3. ne
  4. lo

Explanation

The si impersonale expresses a general, unspecified subject: «In Italia si mangia bene» ('In Italy one eats well'). With plural objects it becomes the si passivante (si mangiano le lasagne).

Question 30Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the gerundio: «Ti telefono ___ a casa.» (I'll call you as soon as / while arriving home.)

  1. per arrivare
  2. arrivato
  3. arrivando Correct answer.
  4. ad arrivare

Explanation

The gerundio presente «arrivando» expresses an action simultaneous with or immediately framing the main verb: «Ti telefono arrivando a casa.»

Question 31Italian grammar and vocabulary

«Cosa fai in questo momento?» - «___ scrivendo un'email.» Choose the correct auxiliary of the progressive form.

  1. Sono
  2. Sto Correct answer.
  3. Ho
  4. Vado

Explanation

Italian progressive aspect is formed with stare + gerundio: «Sto scrivendo un'email» ('I am writing an email right now').

Question 32Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which sentence means 'The film is about to start'?

  1. Il film sta per cominciare. Correct answer.
  2. Il film è cominciato un'ora fa.
  3. Il film comincerà l'anno prossimo.
  4. Il film stava cominciando ieri.

Explanation

The periphrasis stare per + infinito expresses imminence: «Il film sta per cominciare» = 'The film is about to start'.

Question 33Italian grammar and vocabulary

Apply the concordanza dei tempi: «Credevo che tu ___ già partito.»

  1. eri
  2. fossi Correct answer.
  3. saresti
  4. sei

Explanation

A main clause in the imperfetto («credevo») requires the congiuntivo trapassato («fossi partito») for an action anterior to the belief: «Credevo che tu fossi già partito.»

Question 34Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct subjunctive form: «Era possibile che loro non ___ ancora arrivati.»

  1. erano
  2. sarebbero
  3. siano
  4. fossero Correct answer.

Explanation

«Era possibile che» (impersonal expression in the imperfetto) governs the subjunctive, and anteriority calls for the congiuntivo trapassato: «che loro non fossero ancora arrivati».

Question 35Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: «Ti do la chiave ___ tu possa entrare quando vuoi.»

  1. affinché Correct answer.
  2. appena
  3. dopo che
  4. finché

Explanation

Final clauses introduced by «affinché» (also «perché», «in modo che») take the congiuntivo: «affinché tu possa entrare» = 'so that you can enter'.

Question 36Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct future form: «Quando ___ finito i compiti, uscirò.»

  1. ho
  2. avrò Correct answer.
  3. avrei
  4. avevo

Explanation

For an action that will be completed before a future event, Italian uses the futuro anteriore: «Quando avrò finito i compiti, uscirò.»

Question 37Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which sentence correctly expresses 'I should have called her yesterday'?

  1. Dovrei chiamarla ieri.
  2. Ho dovuto chiamarla ieri.
  3. Dovevo chiamarla domani.
  4. Avrei dovuto chiamarla ieri. Correct answer.

Explanation

An unfulfilled past obligation is expressed with the condizionale passato of dovere: «Avrei dovuto chiamarla ieri» - 'I should have called her yesterday'.

Question 38Italian grammar and vocabulary

Transform into reported speech: Maria dice: «Ho visto il film». → Maria ha detto che ___ il film.

  1. ha visto
  2. avrebbe visto
  3. aveva visto Correct answer.
  4. vide

Explanation

When the reporting verb is in the past («ha detto»), a passato prossimo in direct speech shifts back to the trapassato prossimo: «Maria ha detto che aveva visto il film.»

Question 39Italian grammar and vocabulary

What does the pronominal idiom «Non ce la faccio più» mean?

  1. I can't take it anymore. Correct answer.
  2. I can't do my face.
  3. I no longer make pasta.
  4. I can't get to the factory.

Explanation

«Farcela» is a verbo pronominale meaning 'to manage, to cope': «Non ce la faccio più» = 'I can't take it anymore / I can't go on'.

Question 40Italian grammar and vocabulary

What does «Me ne vado» mean?

  1. I'm going there.
  2. I'm leaving. Correct answer.
  3. I'm going on foot.
  4. I'm going away from them.

Explanation

«Andarsene» (andare + si + ne) means 'to leave, to go away': «Me ne vado» = 'I'm leaving'. The pronouns change with the person (te ne vai, se ne va).

Question 41Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which sentence is grammatically correct regarding possessives?

  1. La mia madre è insegnante.
  2. Il mio padre lavora qui.
  3. Mia madre è insegnante. Correct answer.
  4. La mia sorella abita a Roma.

Explanation

With singular, unmodified family members, the possessive drops the article: «mia madre», «tuo fratello». So «Mia madre è insegnante» is correct.

Question 42Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct trapassato remoto form: «Appena ___ finito il discorso, tutti applaudirono.»

  1. ebbe Correct answer.
  2. aveva
  3. ha
  4. avrebbe

Explanation

In literary narration, after temporal conjunctions like «appena», «(non) prima che», «dopo che», the trapassato remoto appears when the main clause is in the passato remoto: «Appena ebbe finito il discorso, tutti applaudirono.»

Question 43Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the correct form: «Le mie amiche ___ ieri sera.» (arrivare)

  1. hanno arrivate
  2. sono arrivati
  3. hanno arrivato
  4. sono arrivate Correct answer.

Explanation

«Arrivare» takes the auxiliary essere, and the participle agrees with the subject: «Le mie amiche sono arrivate» (feminine plural).

Question 44Italian grammar and vocabulary

«Hai visto le mie sorelle?» - «Sì, le ho ___ ieri.» Choose the correct participle form.

  1. visto
  2. viste Correct answer.
  3. visti
  4. vedute

Explanation

With avere, the past participle agrees with a preceding direct-object pronoun: «le ho viste» (feminine plural, agreeing with «le»).

Question 45Italian grammar and vocabulary

Express a wish: «___ potessi partire domani!» (If only I could leave tomorrow!)

  1. Forse
  2. Quasi
  3. Magari Correct answer.
  4. Davvero

Explanation

«Magari» + congiuntivo imperfetto expresses an unrealizable wish: «Magari potessi partire domani!» ('If only I could leave tomorrow!').

Question 46Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct relative pronoun: «La città ___ vivo è bellissima.»

  1. in cui Correct answer.
  2. che
  3. cui
  4. il che

Explanation

After the verb vivere, which takes «in» with places, the relative needs the preposition: «La città in cui vivo» (= dove vivo).

Question 47Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: «___ di uscire, spegni la luce.» (Before going out, turn off the light.)

  1. Dopo
  2. Prima Correct answer.
  3. Mentre
  4. Appena

Explanation

«Prima di + infinito» expresses anteriority of the main action relative to the infinitive clause: «Prima di uscire, spegni la luce.»

Question 48Italian grammar and vocabulary

Your friend shouts «Ce l'ho fatta!» after the driving test. What does it mean?

  1. I have it there.
  2. I made pasta.
  3. I held it.
  4. I managed / I did it. Correct answer.

Explanation

«Farcela» in the perfect, «ce l'ho fatta», announces success: 'I managed it / I did it'. The pronouns ce and la are fixed parts of the pronominal verb.

Question 49Italian literature and textual interpretation

Ariosto's Orlando furioso (final edition 1532) is best described as:

  1. a tragedy in five acts
  2. a pastoral novel
  3. a chivalric epic poem Correct answer.
  4. a collection of novellas

Explanation

The Orlando furioso is the great Renaissance poema cavalleresco, continuing Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and interweaving the war of Charlemagne, Orlando's madness for love, and the journey of Astolfo.

Question 50Italian literature and textual interpretation

Who are the two young protagonists of Manzoni's I promessi sposi?

  1. Renzo e Lucia Correct answer.
  2. Don Abbondio e Perpetua
  3. Fra Cristoforo e Don Rodrigo
  4. Gertrude e Egidio

Explanation

Renzo Tramaglio and Lucia Mondella are the betrothed couple whose marriage is obstructed by Don Rodrigo, setting in motion the novel's panorama of 17th-century Lombardy under Spanish rule.