Difficult Loves Quiz

Italo Calvino

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Riviera Stories, Section 1. Adam, One Afternoon; The Enchanted Garden; & A Goatherd at Luncheon

Riviera Stories, Section 2. The House of the Beehives; Big Fish, Little Fish; & A Ship Loaded with Crabs

Riviera Stories, Section 3. Man in the Wasteland; & Lazy Sons

Wartime Stories, Section 1. Fear on the Footpath; Hunger at Bevera; Going to Headquarters; & The Crow Comes Last

Wartime Stories, Section 2. One of the Three Is Still Alive; Animal Woods; & Mine Field

Postwar Stories, Section 1. Theft in a Pastry Shop; Dollars and the Demimondaine; & Sleeping Like Dogs

Postwar Stories, Section 2. Desire in November; & Transit Bed

Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 1. The Adventure of a Soldier; The Adventure of a Bather; & The Adventure of a Clerk

Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 2. The Adventure of a Photographer; The Adventure of a Traveler; & The Adventure of a Reader

Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 3. The Adventure of a Nearsighted Man; & The Adventure of a Poet

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Difficult Loves Quiz

Difficult Loves Quiz

In "Sleeping Like Dogs", where does the story take place? (from Postwar Stories, Section 1. Theft in a Pastry Shop; Dollars and the Demimondaine; & Sleeping Like Dogs)

In "The Adventure of a Soldier", what is implied at the end of the story? (from Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 1. The Adventure of a Soldier; The Adventure of a Bather; & The Adventure of a Clerk)

In "The Crow Comes Last", where does the soldier hide? (from Wartime Stories, Section 1. Fear on the Footpath; Hunger at Bevera; Going to Headquarters; & The Crow Comes Last)

In "The Adventure of a Poet", what "scandalous" thing does Delia do? (from Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 3. The Adventure of a Nearsighted Man; & The Adventure of a Poet)

In "The Adventure of a Traveler", is Federico rich? (from Stories of Love and Loneliness, Section 2. The Adventure of a Photographer; The Adventure of a Traveler; & The Adventure of a Reader)