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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1947 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carlo respond when encouraged to join the armed revolution?
(a) He states that violence is against his ideals.
(b) He quietly and composedly agrees to go with them.
(c) He gets excited, and decides to join them.
(d) He politely declines without stating his reasons.

2. How does Useppe respond when the doctor won't let him take the animal out of its cage?
(a) He scratches himself.
(b) He kicks the doctor.
(c) He cries.
(d) He throws the cage.

3. What does Nino decide to do, in 1943?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Join a military battalion.
(c) Flee to Germany.
(d) Get married.

4. In 1943, Italy's leader proclaimed the end of what political system in Italy?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

5. How does Useppe react when Nino is with his girlfriend under the tree?
(a) He thinks it is funny, and wants to watch.
(b) He asks a lot of questions about what they're doing.
(c) He becomes distraught.
(d) He is not phased, as he is used to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purposes did Germans overtake some of the buildings in Rome?

2. What happened to Carlo's family, which made him suddenly so angry and violent?

3. How many of the thousand Jews who left Tiburtina returned in 1945?

4. Which American president took over in 1945?

5. Where was the Nazi-Fascist Republic of Salo formed in 1943?

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