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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. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?
(a) Wealthy and powerful.
(b) Honest and straightforward.
(c) Deceitful, poor and dirty.
(d) Beautiful and kind.

2. For what is Casanova noted?
(a) His many amorous conquests.
(b) His many works.
(c) His political advances.
(d) His poetry.

3. What was one of the major reasons for Italian travel?
(a) Religious pilgrimages to Rome.
(b) Work.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Wealth.

4. Cagliostro is imprisoned where for a brief time?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Holland.
(d) France.

5. An Italian mother will care competently for her baby, but when she knows she has an audience, what will she do?
(a) Hand her baby off to strangers.
(b) Exaggeratedly fondle and coo over the child.
(c) Hide her baby.
(d) Ignore the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ancient times, travel was _________________.

2. How do visitors attempt to speak?

3. Whose knowledge of Italy's geography and culture is deep?

4. What entire city enacted deception?

5. What is the biggest case of illusion?

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