Only a few more days to go before the 2026 final exams kick off on Thursday, June 18th, with students taking their first written Italian exam.
And the online guessing game is starting to go wild: the 80th anniversary of the institutional referendum in Italy seems like a near-certain starting point , but at the same time, the suggestion of a female author, Grazia Deledda , is gaining traction. And anticipation is growing for the tracks on AI, mental health, and the transformations of contemporary society.
In any case, students once again believe in it and acclaim D'Annunzio as the official winner of the 2026 Totoesame , according to the survey organized annually by the specialized portal Skuola.net. The traditional instant poll, conducted just a few days before the state exam—to which 1,000 high school graduates contributed—also sees a woman among the favorites in the pre-exam guessing questions: Grazia Deledda. A female candidate for the text analysis question would be an absolute first. But the high school graduates believe in it, strengthened by a significant anniversary: the 100th anniversary of the historic Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the Sardinian writer . This time, therefore, the gamble is doubled, because most of those interviewed are convinced that we will soon witness another first: the already anticipated appearance of a text by Gabriele D'Annunzio among the official questions. Always the absolute favorite, but never released.
Rounding out the top ten of "possibles" are the "certainly used" ones, such as Giovanni Verga and Pascoli, Luigi Pirandello, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale, joined by anniversaries considered virtually certain, such as the 80th anniversary of our Republic and the Constituent Assembly, or the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis. Not to mention the current affairs of artificial intelligence, youth unrest, and geopolitical tensions.
(Unioneonline)
