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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Illusion and Cagliostro, The Other Face of the Coin, Cola di Rienzo or the Obsession of Antiquity, and Mussolini or the Limitations of Showmanship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The largest number of visitors come from where?
(a) Russia and China.
(b) Greece and Turkey.
(c) Northern Europe and the United States.
(d) South Korea and India.

2. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.
(a) Beer.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Coke.
(d) Wine.

3. The first purpose of show is what?
(a) To make a living.
(b) To make life acceptable.
(c) To have fun.
(d) To entertain.

4. One of the most prominent proponents of illusion was the author __________________.
(a) Benito Mussolini.
(b) Giuseppe Balsamo.
(c) Giacomo Casanova.
(d) Baldassar Castiglione.

5. Why was arrival by sea dangerous?
(a) Because of rocky shores and limited docking space.
(b) Because of poorly-made vessels.
(c) Because of the risk of theft from a ship's captain.
(d) Because of storms, ship's crew mutinies and pirates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must be done to raw nature?

2. The passion for ______________ allows Italians to glide over life's surface leaving the ugly part as untouched as possible.

3. In later years, people came to the cities of Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples to do what?

4. Giuseppe Balsamo is a contemporary of whom?

5. Most visitors engage in ________________ activities.

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