IMAT 2026 question 3: Reading skills

READING SKILLSIMAT 2026 Q31 / 1

Read the text and answer the question only on the basis of the information it contains explicitly or implicitly and not on what you already know about the topic. "[…] The enduring European pre-eminence of Italian literature has coincided with its ability to act as a crossroads of cultures. We forget this too often, just as we forget the fact that the very first book printed in Arabic type was produced not in Syria or Egypt, but in Rome in 1514. […] It is the cities that have been the pivot around which the history of our country has turned, and not only its literary history. If books are readily written in villas, it is in the bustle of urban centres that people meet and ideas spread." Translated from Luzzatto, Pedullà, Atlante della letteratura italiana, Introduzione, Einaudi, Torino, 2010-2012 The polycentric character of Italian culture is primarily due to:

Both the flourishing of cities and the tranquillity of villas outside the city

The flourishing of cities, where people meet and books are written

The flourishing of cities, where people meet and ideas spread

The possibility of writing in peace in order to sustain literary life in the cities

The spread of ideas between town and countryside

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IMAT 2026 · Question 3