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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Corrado Alvaro's Broken Toys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Belfagor given before he goes to earth in the form of a man?
(a) Money.
(b) Good wishes.
(c) Clear directions.
(d) Clothes.

2. How does the stocky man in "Broken Toys" describe the other people on the train?
(a) Rich.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Simple.
(d) Angry.

3. Why does the king seek out Gianmatteo?
(a) He wants his money back.
(b) He wants him to marry is daughter.
(c) He wants to know who Belfagor is.
(d) He is worried about his daughter.

4. What is Monsignor Filiberto's reaction to Madonna Zilia's lack of interest in him?
(a) He cries.
(b) He moves to a different town.
(c) He falls ill.
(d) He teases her.

5. When the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" meets the engineer, what work has been done to the fountain?
(a) It is in the process of being designed.
(b) It has only been planned.
(c) It hasn't been started yet.
(d) It has been installed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Giacobbe and his men want to do in the church in Mascalico?

2. What does the king of France tell the doctors will happen if they fail to treat Monsignor Filiberto?

3. How does Gianmatteo get Belfagor to leave the king's daughter's body and return to hell?

4. What does Maso say the helitropia stone does to people?

5. What happens to Giacobbe at the end of "The Idolaters"?

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