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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Neapolitans serve a banquet to welcome General Mark Clark--who likes fish--the main course was what?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Whale.
(c) Manatee.
(d) Dolphin.

2. Lewis is invited to a dinner party that features a spaghetti-eating contest; which of the following individuals is said to have introduced the classic method for this competition?
(a) Nola.
(b) Visco.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Acerra.

3. When talking about Neapolitan vendettas, Lewis mentions a boy who ambushed and killed the man who had killed his father before his birth; how old is the boy?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

4. Lewis travels to Pomigliano to arrest Mussolini's former Press Secretary, a man by what name?
(a) Piscitelli.
(b) Finzi.
(c) Matteotti.
(d) Rossi.

5. What time frame does Lewis give for the completion of the thieves' raid on Castellammare castle to steal wheels off vehicles?
(a) 20 min.
(b) 5 min.
(c) 10 min.
(d) 15 min.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing the shrine of Cybele near Avellino, Lewis notes that most devotees travel to Avellino by what transportation method?

2. When Lewis attends the spaghetti-eating contest at a dinner party, he notes that the man who wins is 65 and of what profession?

3. While discussing Latarullo's home furnishings Lewis describes a dingy piece of rock, supposedly from the sanctuary of which saint?

4. When discussing the customary pilgrimage to the shrine of Cybele, Lewis says that it has been a custom for how long?

5. When Lewis visits the prison during his vendetta investigation he notes that newly received prisoners are fingerprinted and then told to wipe the ink off their hands where?

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