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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do people feel about the pact between Hitler and Mussolini, in Chapter 3?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Angry.
(d) Apathetic.

3. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1914.

4. Who is Black Hand?
(a) Bella's uncle.
(b) Filomena's brother.
(c) Davide's nephew.
(d) Nino's cousin.

5. According to Davide, why is there no need for a revolution in 1947?
(a) Because there is a Christ in all of us that is waiting to be recognized.
(b) Because a revolution wouldn't accomplish their goals anyway.
(c) Because there is a more peaceful approach for what they want to accomplish.
(d) Because the political situation at the time is good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Davide tells Nino that, someday, he wants to do what?

2. Where does Davide deliver his lecture in 1947?

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

4. What object does the German soldier give to Ida?

5. What country was invaded by Italy in 1941?

(see the answer key)

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