• 1. 
    Which word is defined as a “vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issue eruptions of molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases”?

  • crater
  • volcano
  • vent
  • flank
  • 2. 
    First used in English text in 1750, which Neapolitan dialect word originally referred to a kind of stream that sometimes “washes” or “washes down” the slopes of Mount Vesuvius?

  • magma
  • lava
  • fiasco
  • finale
  • 3. 
    Which Italian word, when adopted into English in the 1700s, could refer to a “visitation” or an “outbreak” of any epidemic disease?

  • affluence
  • influenza
  • exertion
  • inflection
  • 4. 
    Which Italian word taken into English literally means “bottle” and figuratively means “a failure in performance”?

  • fiasco
  • catastrophe
  • abortion
  • farce
  • 5. 
    Which Italian word, first used in English text in 1724, means “the last part of a piece of music or an event”?

  • termination
  • finale
  • denouement
  • resolve
  • 6. 
    Which Italian word, when adopted into English in the 19th century, was associated with Italian opera?

  • synopsis
  • exegesis
  • schema
  • scenario
  • 7. 
    Which English word, adopted from the Italian for alone, means “a musical composition or passage for one voice or instrument”?

  • cloister
  • retired
  • solitude
  • solo
  • 8. 
    Which English word, from the Italian literally meaning “thin strings,” was first used in English text in 1849?

  • tortellini
  • farfalle
  • spaghetti
  • penne
  • 9. 
    Which English word derives from the Italian and Latin words for bread?

  • prosciutto
  • salami
  • panini
  • mortadella
  • 10. 
    In Italian, which word adopted into English literally means “frozen” or “chilled”?

  • gelato
  • custard
  • spumoni
  • mochi
  • 11. 
    Which Italian word, first appearing in English text in 1699, referred to “a variety of cabbage with heads of green and purple buds”?

  • broccoli
  • courgette
  • zucchini
  • radicchio
  • 12. 
    In Italian, which word refers specifically to Dublin Bay prawns, also called langoustines or Norway lobsters?

  • scampi
  • branzino
  • crayfish
  • beluga
  • 13. 
    Which Italian word means “goddess” or “prima donna” and was taken into English to mean the latter?

  • ingenue
  • princess
  • diva
  • opera
  • 14. 
    Which Italian noun adopted into English derives from a preposition that can mean “over” or “above”?

  • soprano
  • alto
  • contralto
  • vibrato
  • 15. 
    Which Italian word literally meaning “baked earth” can also refer to a type of fired clay?

  • terracotta
  • ceramic
  • bisque
  • enamel
  • 16. 
    In Italian, which word means “oddness,” “wild fancy or imagining,” “freak of nature,” or “something lacking in restraint”?

  • performance
  • exhibition
  • pageant
  • extravaganza
  • 17. 
    Which Italian word, now used in English for a type of Italian bread, literally means “slipper”?

  • baguette
  • focaccia
  • brioche
  • ciabatta
  • 18. 
    Which Italian word originally referring to a short dagger is more likely to refer to a style of shoe in English?

  • cutlass
  • stiletto
  • machete
  • bayonet
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