Final high-school exams start for over 500,000 pupils in Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 18 - The 'maturità' final high-school exams got under way for around 527,747 Italian students on Wednesday with the Italian test. The students have to write an essay choosing from one of seven questions. This year's questions included one inviting a reflection on Italian writer Cesare Pavese and unrequited love and another about Mario Calabresi's book 'Alzarsi all'Alba' (Get up at Dawn) and the importance of hard work. Another option was a question about the need for border...

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