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After Thursday’s Italian test, the ‘maturità’ high-school final exams continued for around 537,000 pupils in Italy on Friday.

The subject of the second exam changes on the basis of the type of school, with classical high-school students facing a test in Latin and pupils from scientific high schools asked to show their capabilities in maths.

In the the Latin test students were asked to translate a text by Quintilian on pedagogy and rhetoric.

The maths test featured a problems on the water levels of Lake Bracciano and one on functions.

  • Italy

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