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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aldo Palazzeschi's Bistino and the Marquis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people think of Monsignor Filiberto's silence?
(a) They think he is stupid for agreeing to it.
(b) They think it is a physical sickness.
(c) They don't even notice.
(d) They think he has lost his mind.

2. When she visits Monsignor Filiberto, what does Madonna Zilia tell him that disappoints him?
(a) That she does not love him.
(b) That she is moving out of town.
(c) That she didn't even want to visit him.
(d) That she can't stay long.

3. How does Nunzia try to raise her social status?
(a) By bribing the Countess.
(b) By using the Marquis' money.
(c) By using the Marquis' title.
(d) By robbing the Countess.

4. Why does Spoleto help Monsignor Filiberto see Madonna Zilia?
(a) Because they are friends.
(b) Because he owes Filiberto.
(c) Because his priest made him.
(d) Because Filiberto paid him.

5. How does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" treat the engineer of Pietrarsa?
(a) He insults him.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He teases him.
(d) He praises him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bistino remember the Marquis treating him in the past?

2. Why does the engineer in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" avoid the narrator?

3. What do the people gathered around the mayor of Pietrarsa's house do?

4. Where does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" run into an engineer of Pietrarsa?

5. According to Nunzia, how did the Marquis lose his money?

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