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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The confusion about the Mafia is almost always perpetuated by whom?
(a) The organization itself.
(b) The media.
(c) The Sicilians.
(d) The Italians.

2. The heads of Mafia organizations are usually _____________________ with impeccable manners and ingratiating charm which do not belie the cruelty underneath.
(a) Well-educated.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Wealthy professional citizens.

3. What are Sicilians able to avoid?
(a) Contact with Italians.
(b) Paying taxes.
(c) Written laws.
(d) Learning Italian.

4. What rises to power during this time and many people are tried, tortured and killed in the name of preserving the Church?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Holy Inquisition.
(c) The Medieval Inquisition.
(d) The Portuguese Inquisition.

5. Italians, like many other people, must one day realize what about life?
(a) It is too short.
(b) It in the control of each individual.
(c) It is filled with joy and love.
(d) It is pitiless and ugly with a constant struggle between hypocrisy and sincerity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the aftermath of this battle, what happens to Italy's virtues and assets?

2. Where do consolation, help, advice, provisions, loans, weapons, allies and accomplices lie?

3. What else do Italians think about capitalism?

4. What do Italians think about the rules of capitalism?

5. What are Mafia members called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the organization of Italian groups.

2. What do most Italians think of free expression?

3. What do most Italians think of contemporary capitalism?

4. In Sicily, how is each man's rank determined?

5. Describe the Baroque period in Italy.

6. What is the social status of men and women in an Italian family?

7. What do Italians think of life? What group of Italians may think differently? What do most Italians think of this group?

8. What happens in the aftermath of the Battle of Fornovo?

9. What is hidden under the facade that most foreigners know as Italy?

10. What causes the confusion about the Mafia?

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