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Key Facts: Maturità Exam

60/100

Minimum Passing Score

MIM Ordinanza n. 54/2026 & D.Lgs. 62/2017

40 + 20 + 20 + 20

Scoring Architecture

40 credit + 20 Prima Prova + 20 Seconda Prova + 20 Colloquio

6 hours

Duration of Prima Prova

MIM National Regulations (7 essay prompts)

18 June 2026

National Written Start Date

MIM Official Exam Calendar 2025/2026

€12.09

Statutory Examination Fee

Tassa erariale d'esame di Stato (Italy)

7 Members

Examination Commission

2 internal + 2 external examiners per class, plus an external President for the paired-class commission

100 Questions

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MIM State Examination Legislation

The Italian Maturità 2026 comprises a national Italian Prima Prova, a pathway-specific Seconda Prova, and a multidisciplinary oral whose duration is set by the commission. The oral covers four designated disciplines, civic education, formazione scuola-lavoro, and the written papers after a brief candidate reflection. Scoring is 40+20+20+20, with 60/100 required. This is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation.

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1In the opening of Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' (Canto I), what fundamental allegorical meaning does the 'selva oscura' (dark wood) embody within the moral architecture of the Commedia?
A.The state of moral confusion and sinful spiritual alienation of humanity straying from the path of divine truth
B.The political defeat of the White Guelphs following the intervention of Pope Boniface VIII in Florence
C.A literal physical forest near Ravenna where Dante sought refuge during his early years of political exile
D.The philosophical realm of pagan antiquity that Dante must reject before discovering Christian scholasticism
Explanation: In Dante's allegorical framework, the 'selva oscura' represents the condition of sin, spiritual disorientation, and moral corruption in which Dante, as everyman ('nostra vita'), finds himself. Escaping it requires a transformative journey through the recognition of sin (Inferno), moral purgation (Purgatorio), and contemplation of divine truth (Paradiso). While personal exile influences Dante's perspective, the primary theological and universal meaning is humanity's loss of the righteous path ('diritta via').
2In Canto V of Dante's 'Inferno', how does Dante dramatize the tension between courtly love ideology (amor cortese) and divine Christian justice through the episode of Paolo and Francesca?
A.By depicting Francesca as an unrepentant seductress who explicitly rejects the tenets of courtly lyric poetry
B.By exposing how the elevated rhetoric of Stilnovo love can serve to rationalize lust and lead to damnation, provoking Dante's empathetic swoon
C.By condemning Paolo and Francesca to the lower ice circles of Treachery for betraying Gianciotto Malatesta
D.By demonstrating that sincere romantic devotion overrides divine law, ensuring the lovers' eventual transfer to Purgatory
Explanation: Francesca quotes celebrated tenets of courtly and Stilnovo poetry ('Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende') to explain her adulterous passion. Dante's profound pity and resulting swoon highlight his personal reckoning: the poetic ideals of courtly love that he once cultivated can spiritually blind lovers by placing earthly desire above divine obedience. Divine justice remains absolute, condemning lust (lussuria) in the second circle despite Francesca's seductive eloquence.
3What central psychological and spiritual dilemma characterizes Francesco Petrarca's 'Canzoniere' (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta)?
A.An irreconcilable conflict between Catholic orthodoxy and the radical atheism inspired by Epicurean philosophy
B.A constant inner dissidio between spiritual aspiration toward God and obsessive earthly attachment to Laura and literary fame
C.A bitter struggle between civic republican duty in Florence and monastic withdrawal in southern France
D.A scholastic debate regarding whether the vernacular language is intellectually superior to classical Latin
Explanation: Petrarch's lyric collection is founded upon an unresolved inner conflict ('dissidio interiore') between his longing for spiritual redemption and his lingering passion for earthly glory and sensual beauty, embodied by Laura. Unlike Dante's Beatrice, who guides the poet directly toward the divine vision, Laura remains an earthly preoccupation that divides Petrarch's soul, as summarized in the opening sonnet ('Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono').
4In Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron', how does the narrative framework (cornice) of the ten young Florentines relate thematically to the novellas they recount?
A.It serves as a purely decorative rhetorical device devoid of any philosophical or structural relationship to the tales
B.It provides a model of civil, rational order and moral reconstruction that counterbalances the social disintegration caused by the Black Death
C.It depicts a religious pilgrimage whose liturgical rules dictate the penitential themes assigned to each storytelling day
D.It establishes an authoritarian hierarchy where a single undisputed sovereign dictates the moral lessons of every novella
Explanation: The 'onesta brigata' of seven young women and three men escapes the physical contagion and moral breakdown of plague-stricken Florence to build a harmonious micro-society in the countryside. By establishing an orderly, egalitarian daily routine governed by reason, courteous conversation, and rule of law, the cornice demonstrates humanity's ability to rebuild civilized coexistence against chaos, mirroring the novellas' praise of human wit ('ingegno') and active virtue ('industria') overcoming fortune.
5In Chapter XVIII of 'Il Principe', what does Niccolò Machiavelli intend by the famous allegory of the Centaur Chiron educating Achilles?
A.A prince must rule exclusively through brute animal force, abandoning all legal codes and institutional assemblies
B.A ruler must know how to employ both the nature of the beast (force and cunning) and the nature of man (laws), as laws alone are often insufficient
C.A leader should defer all foreign policy decisions to equestrian military commanders and mythological oracles
D.A sovereign must submit state power to the moral supremacy of natural law and Christian theology
Explanation: Machiavelli uses Chiron—half man and half beast—to illustrate that statecraft requires mastering two modes of combat: the human way through laws, and the animal way through strength and deceit. Because laws alone frequently fail to preserve the state against treacherous adversaries, a prince must cultivate the dual animal attributes of the lion (to frighten wolves with force) and the fox (to recognize traps with cunning), grounding political realism in practical necessity rather than ideal morality.
6What narrative and philosophical function does the technique of 'entrelacement' (interlacing of storylines) serve in Ludovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'?
A.It restricts the plot to an unyielding chronological timeline adhering strictly to classical Aristotelian unities of time and place
B.It mirrors the labyrinthine, unpredictable nature of worldly desires, illustrating through ironic detachment how human pursuits are constantly deferred
C.It proves that chivalric knighthood is mathematically ordained by celestial providence toward a single predetermined crusade victory
D.It isolates each knight into an autonomous moral allegory completely disconnected from the central war between Christians and Saracens
Explanation: Ariosto weaves dozens of branching character quests simultaneously, constantly suspending one narrative arc at its peak of suspense to take up another. This entrelacement reflects Ariosto's Renaissance vision of life as a vast, winding labyrinth where characters relentlessly chase elusive objects of desire (love, honor, magic helmets, horses) that continually slip away. The narrator's playful interruptions and overarching irony reveal human striving as inherently fragile and subject to folly.
7Which of the following describes the key achievement of Carlo Goldoni's theatrical reform in 18th-century Italy, as exemplified in 'La locandiera'?
A.The replacement of improvised scenarios (canovacci) and fixed stock masks with fully written scripts and psychologically nuanced characters
B.The complete abolition of prose dialogue in favor of strict hendecasyllabic verse inspired by ancient Greek tragedy
C.The introduction of supernatural religious miracles and Baroque stage machinery into secular street theatre
D.The requirement that all female roles be played exclusively by masked aristocratic male actors
Explanation: Goldoni transformed Italian theatre by moving away from the decaying Commedia dell'Arte—which relied on repetitive lazzi, coarse physical comedy, improvisational outlines, and stereotypical masks (Arlecchino, Pantalone). Instead, he introduced fully scripted plays with realistic dialogue, social critique of class dynamics (as seen in Mirandolina's clever manipulation of noble suitors), and authentic bourgeois psychological realism.
8In Giuseppe Parini's poem 'Il Giorno' (e.g. 'Il Mattino' and 'Il Mezzogiorno'), what stylistic device is primarily used to critique the Milanese aristocracy?
A.Violent revolutionary polemic directly urging the working classes to overthrow aristocratic landowners
B.A systematic ironical anti-phrase (antifrasi) in which the narrator pretends to act as a deferential preceptor glorifying the nobleman's trivial routine
C.A collection of sentimental pastoral dialogues where noble shepherds debate theological doctrines
D.An autobiographical diary detailing the financial bankruptcies of prominent Lombard merchant guilds
Explanation: Parini employs a sophisticated mock-heroic posture using ironical anti-phrase: the poetic speaker assumes the role of a humble tutor ('precettor d'amabil rito') who ostensibly praises the frivolous, parasitic daily activities of the 'Giovin Signore' (waking at noon, choosing hot chocolate, pampering lapdogs) using grand epic language. This ironic glorification exposes the profound moral emptiness and social uselessness of the nobility compared to the productive labors of peasants and artisans.
9How does Ugo Foscolo in 'Dei Sepolcri' philosophically reconcile his Enlightenment materialism with the supreme value he assigns to funerary monuments?
A.He abandons materialism completely and embraces traditional Christian dogmas of bodily resurrection and purgatorial prayer
B.He recognizes that while tombs cannot alter physical death, they foster an affective and civic 'illusion' uniting the living with heroic ancestors
C.He argues that burial monuments have no utility whatsoever and should be abolished in accordance with the Napoleonic Edict of Saint-Cloud
D.He maintains that funerary markers are exclusively valuable for preserving legal inheritance and tax registries for the state
Explanation: Foscolo accepts the mechanistic materialism of the Enlightenment, conceding that matter decomposes and the dead feel nothing. However, he overcomes this nihilism through his 'filosofia delle illusioni': the tomb acts as a vital spiritual bridge ('corrispondenza d'amorosi sensi') keeping the deceased alive in collective memory, inspiring civic virtue and national regeneration, particularly when honoring great historical exemplars like Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and Galileo in Santa Croce.
10In Giacomo Leopardi's idyll 'L'infinito', how is the poet's mental leap toward the infinite triggered?
A.By viewing an unrestricted, panoramic vista from the summit of Monte Tabor across the Adriatic Sea
B.By a physical obstacle (the hedge) that obstructs visual perception, prompting the imagination to construct boundless spaces and profound silences
C.By a mystical religious epiphany revealing the divine presence operating within celestial constellations
D.By reading an astronomical treatise that calculated the physical dimensions of the Newtonian universe
Explanation: In 'L'infinito', the lonely hedge ('la siepe') blocks the poet's gaze, preventing him from seeing the horizon. This sensory limitation acts as a catalyst for the internal faculty of imagination ('nel pensier mi fingo'), allowing Leopardi to envision boundless spaces, superhuman silences, and profound calm, later complemented by the auditory sensation of the wind rustling through the foliage that invokes the flow of eternity.

About the Maturità Exam

The Esame di Stato Conclusivo del Secondo Ciclo di Istruzione (Maturità) is Italy's national upper-secondary school-leaving qualification. For 2026, OM 54/2026 governs a national Italian Prima Prova on 18 June, a pathway-specific Seconda Prova on 19 June, and a multidisciplinary Colloquio Orale. The oral begins with a brief candidate reflection on the school and personal journey, then covers four designated disciplines, Educazione Civica, formazione scuola-lavoro, and discussion of the written papers; it does not begin from an unseen stimulus. The final score is 40 school-credit points plus up to 20 for each exam component, with 60/100 required and an eligible bonus capped at 3. This is an independent English-language MCQ resource for common-core review, not an official translation or a substitute for Italian writing, open-response work, or oral performance.

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Assessment

Under MIM OM 54/2026 and D.Lgs. 62/2017, the exam awards up to 40 school-credit points and up to 20 points for each of Prima Prova, Seconda Prova, and Colloquio Orale. The oral duration is set by the commission and covers four designated disciplines, civic education, formazione scuola-lavoro, and the written papers after a brief candidate reflection. Each paired-class commission has an external President and, for each class, two external and two internal members. The pass mark is 60/100 and an eligible bonus is capped at 3 points.

Time Limit

6 hours for Prima Prova; Seconda Prova timing depends on the pathway paper; oral duration set by the commission

Passing Score

Minimum 60/100 overall score (up to 40 school credit points + 20 points Prima Prova + 20 points Seconda Prova + 20 points Colloquio Orale)

Exam / Certification Fees

€12.09 (statutory state examination fee / tassa erariale d'esame)

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30%

Italian Language & Literary Analysis (Tipologia A)

Text comprehension, structural metrics, rhetorical figures, and thematic interpretation of canonical Italian authors from the 13th to 20th centuries, including Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Ariosto, Leopardi, Manzoni, Verga, Pascoli, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Svevo, Montale, Ungaretti, Primo Levi, and Calvino.

25%

Argumentative Text & Rhetorical Analysis (Tipologia B)

Analysis of argumentative non-fiction: thesis and antithesis identification, persuasive strategies, deductive and inductive logic, logical fallacies (ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma), textual coherence and cohesion, and critical synthesis across historical, philosophical, artistic, and scientific essays.

20%

Critical Reflection & Contemporary Issues (Tipologia C)

20th-century and contemporary Italian and world history, democratic transition post-1945, the Economic Miracle, social movements, the Anni di Piombo, the collapse of the First Republic, anti-mafia struggles, globalization, technological revolution, bioethics, and contemporary geopolitical challenges.

25%

Civic Education & Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis (Educazione Civica & Colloquio)

Italian constitutional principles and organs, EU governance, sustainability, digital citizenship, formazione scuola-lavoro reflection, and multidisciplinary oral reasoning.

Preparing for the Maturità Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Minimum 60/100 overall score (up to 40 school credit points + 20 points Prima Prova + 20 points Seconda Prova + 20 points Colloquio Orale)
  • Assessment: Under MIM OM 54/2026 and D.Lgs. 62/2017, the exam awards up to 40 school-credit points and up to 20 points for each of Prima Prova, Seconda Prova, and Colloquio Orale. The oral duration is set by the commission and covers four designated disciplines, civic education, formazione scuola-lavoro, and the written papers after a brief candidate reflection. Each paired-class commission has an external President and, for each class, two external and two internal members. The pass mark is 60/100 and an eligible bonus is capped at 3 points.
  • Time limit: 6 hours for Prima Prova; Seconda Prova timing depends on the pathway paper; oral duration set by the commission
  • Exam / certification fees: €12.09 (statutory state examination fee / tassa erariale d'esame) Official sources

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Maturità: Suggested Study Strategy

1Master the 7-prompt structure of the Prima Prova: understand the specific criteria for Tipologia A (textual analysis & contextualization), Tipologia B (thesis/antithesis identification & counter-argumentation), and Tipologia C (critical reflection & topical essay).
2In argumentative analysis (Tipologia B), practice isolating the author's primary thesis, identifying supporting premises, pinpointing concessions to the counter-thesis, and evaluating the logical validity of conclusions.
3Review the core Italian literary canon from the late 19th to the late 20th century (Verga, Pascoli, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Svevo, Ungaretti, Montale, Primo Levi, Calvino), focusing on how stylistic choices reflect philosophical outlooks.
4Thoroughly memorize the Fundamental Principles of the Italian Constitution (Articles 1-12) and the 2022 amendments to Articles 9 and 41 regarding environmental protection and intergenerational responsibility.
5Prepare a concise formazione scuola-lavoro reflection focused on learning, transferable skills, and personal development rather than a chronological task list.
6Practice oral cross-disciplinary syntheses: pick a central motif (e.g., alienation, the crisis of the individual, nature vs. industrialization, memory and trauma) and trace genuine thematic bridges across literature, history, philosophy, and science.
7Budget your 6 hours during the Prima Prova wisely: allocate 45 minutes to analyzing all seven prompts, 45 minutes to outlining your chosen track, 3 hours to drafting, and at least 45 minutes to careful proofreading with a monolingual Italian dictionary.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official format of the Italian Maturità 2026?

The official exam has a national Italian Prima Prova, a pathway-specific Seconda Prova, and a multidisciplinary oral. In 2026 the oral duration is set by the commission; it begins with a brief candidate reflection and covers four designated disciplines, civic education, formazione scuola-lavoro, and the written papers. A paired-class commission has an external President and two external plus two internal members for each class.

How is the overall Maturità grade calculated, and what is the passing score?

The final grade is out of 100: up to 40 school-credit points and up to 20 for each of Prima Prova, Seconda Prova, and Colloquio Orale. The minimum is 60/100. Under OM 54/2026, an eligible commission may award up to 3 bonus points.

What are the statutory eligibility criteria to be admitted to the Maturità?

OM 54/2026 applies the statutory final-year, attendance, curricular and conduct, INVALSI, and formazione scuola-lavoro admission rules, including the order's provisions for exceptional class-council decisions. Candidates should verify their status with their school.

When does the Maturità 2026 take place?

The national written examinations begin across Italy on Wednesday, 18 June 2026 at 08:30 with the Prima Prova (Italian language and literature). The Seconda Prova takes place on Thursday, 19 June 2026. Oral colloquia commence the following week according to the alphabetical order established by each school's examination commission.

What is the cost of taking the Maturità exam?

Candidates pay a statutory state examination fee (tassa erariale d'esame) of €12.09, established by national law. Exemption applies for students with high academic standing or qualifying low household income (ISEE thresholds).

Why are these practice questions provided as English-language multiple-choice questions?

The official Esame di Stato is administered exclusively in Italian (officialLanguages: [it]) and requires extended analytical essay writing and an oral interview. This OpenExamPrep bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation created for common-core review, helping students, international candidates, and educators systematically test understanding of literary figures, argumentative structures, contemporary history, and civic education concepts.

How is Educazione Civica examined in the Maturità?

Educazione Civica is integrated into the oral colloquium and can also form the thematic basis of prompts in the Prima Prova (particularly Tipologie B and C). The oral colloquio specifically assesses the candidate's grasp of the Italian Constitution, European Union institutions, environmental sustainability (Agenda 2030 and amended Articles 9 and 41 of the Constitution), and digital citizenship.

How does the 2026 oral colloquium begin and what does it cover?

Under OM 54/2026, the candidate begins with a brief reflection on the school and personal journey. The commission then examines four designated disciplines and also addresses civic education, formazione scuola-lavoro, and the written papers. The former unseen-stimulus opening is not the 2026 format.