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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. How does Giacobbe want the people of Mascalico to feel after his visit to their church?
(a) Happy.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Humbled.
(d) Horrified.

2. What does Calandrino ask Maso about the magic rocks?
(a) What type of magic they do.
(b) Who owns the most magic rocks.
(c) What they look like.
(d) Where he can find them.

3. Why doesn't Giacobbe go through with his plan in the Mascalico church?
(a) He hears the voice of God.
(b) Mascalico residents stop him.
(c) His group abandons him.
(d) An elderly Mascalico woman talks to him.

4. What role does Professor Gori play in Cesara Reis's marriage?
(a) He plans the wedding.
(b) He pays for the wedding.
(c) He introduces her to the groom.
(d) He performs the wedding.

5. Why do Bruno and Buffalmaco tell Calandrino he should have avoided his wife?
(a) So he wouldn't take his anger out on her.
(b) So she wouldn't know about the rocks.
(c) So she wouldn't take his magic.
(d) So they could have found more rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Calandrino's wife yell at him when he comes home?

2. Who tells Bianca that Torrazna has died?

3. Why does the visit from Dalla Carretta disappoint Bianca?

4. What was the goal of literary "Futurists"?

5. What color is the helitropia stone, according to Maso?

(see the answer key)

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