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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, pp. 74-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 known as?
(a) The Minister and Honorable Member.
(b) Your Majesty and His Excellency.
(c) His Excellency and the Minister.
(d) Honorable Member and His Excellency.

2. What term does the old man use to describe a man whose wife cheats on him behind his back in Section 4?
(a) Saint.
(b) Cuckold.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Cheater.

3. Which of the following things does the workers for the man of honor shown (at the beginning of Section 2) not do after not being paid?
(a) Demand money.
(b) Shoot at the man of honor.
(c) Become desperate from starvation.
(d) Protest.

4. How does the old man say a man is not supposed to react if he suspects his wife of cheating in Section 4?
(a) Kill someone.
(b) Sit back and do nothing.
(c) Beat up someone.
(d) Get aggressive.

5. Where does the old man suggest the young man should go visit a sister at the end of Section 4?
(a) Rome.
(b) Parma.
(c) Venice.
(d) Genoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who claims they had no prior knowledge about the murder until after it occurred?

2. What does the informant to the police on the mafia live in a constant state of?

3. Who does Marchica want to ensure will be implicated for murder along with him at the end of Section 6?

4. What does the old man believe a certain spy to be setting himself up against in Section 4?

5. What is the Italian name for the police that is used in the book?

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