Call Me By Your Name Quizzes

Call Me By Your Name Quiz 1

1 Who narrates Call Me By Your Name?
Oliver

Elio

A third-person narrator

Elio's Father
2 Where was Oliver a post-doctoral fellow?
Princeton

Cornell

Oxford

Columbia
3 Oliver discusses the etymology of which fruit?
Apricot

Pomegranate

Grapefruit

Peach
4 Which of these things does the Basilica of San Clemente NOT symbolize?
Timelessness

Multiculturalism

Past Relationships

Festivity
5 What is the title of the book written by the poet whom Elio meets in B. and Rome?
La Piazetta

Monet's Berm

Se l'Amore

The San Clemente Syndrome
6 What does Oliver take from Elio's room before departing?
Elio's swimtrunks

Elio's scorebook

The note that Elio slipped under the door

A postcard of Monet's Berm
7 What tone does Elio detect when Oliver says "Later!"?
Friendliness

Indifference

Disappointment

Excitement
8 Which German-language poet do Elio and Oliver both admire?
Heraclitus

Paul Celan

Ranier Maria Rilke

Paul Éluard
9 How does Elio's mother refer to her family's Jewish identity?
Jews of discretion

Orthodox Jewish

Jews-in-hiding

Jewish-Italian
10 What does the phrase "Cor cordium" translate into?
Loving heart

Heart of hearts

Heart of pain

Timeless heart
11 Oliver's academic specialty is
German-language poetry

Pre-Socratic philosophy

The philosophy of Socrates

Italian literature
12 Heraclitus is
An ancient Greek philosopher

Elio's favorite writer

The title of Oliver's academic work

An ancient poet
13 Elio spends his free time
Writing poetry

Transcribing music

Fishing

All of these
14 For Elio, wanting to have Oliver is the same as
Wanting to forget Oliver

Wanting to be Oliver

Wanting to have Marzia

Wanting to live with Olver
15 Oliver's cold, discreet gaze is
Characteristic of Americans

A cover for Oliver's shyness

Painful to Elio

All of these
16 Oliver's name for the tiled poolside is
Heaven

The Piazetta

The Workplace

Elio's Haven
17 Elio's written note to Oliver is an example of
Allegory

Symbolism

Understatement

Synechdoche
18 The colors of Oliver's four bathing suits represent
Oliver's love for Elio

Four aspects of his personality

Four different styles of art

Oliver's indecisiveness
19 Monet's berm is
A significant memory for Oliver

The name of an art exhibit

The location of Elio's villa

A popular location in the town of B.
20 In what decade does the story take place?
1960s

1990s

2000s

1980s
21 The antagonist of the story is
Anchise

Elio's father

Marzia

None of these
22 What does Oliver say to Elio on the night they first have sex?
"I love you"

"Call me by your name"

"Se l'Amore"

All of these
23 Elio's parents
Are surprised by Elio's love for Oliver

Know of the affair and disapprove

Never find out about the affair

Know of the affair and are supportive
24 What does Elio feel towards Oliver's friendship with Vimini?
Frustration and confusion

Total indifference

Admiration

Jealousy
25 What does Elio call intellectual meals with his father's guests?
Dinner drudgery

Summer seminars

Dinner discussion

Precept