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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis is invited to a dinner party that features a spaghetti-eating contest; which of the following individuals is said to have introduced the classic method for this competition?
(a) Nola.
(b) Visco.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Acerra.

2. When discussing the shrine of Cybele near Avellino, Lewis notes that most devotees travel to Avellino by what transportation method?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Motor bike.
(c) Car.
(d) Walk.

3. An informant, Prince A, visits the soldiers with his 24-year old sister to ask if they can arrange for her to enter an army brothel; what is the girl's name?
(a) Luisa.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Mila.

4. When discussing Mussolini's Press Secretary Lewis states that the man is wanted for the murder of which of the following individuals, a former rival of Mussolini?
(a) Finzi.
(b) Matteotti.
(c) Piscitelli.
(d) Rossi.

5. When thieves raid the Field Security Office at Castellammare castle to steal wheels off vehicles, how high are the walls they have to climb to do so?
(a) 30 ft.
(b) 20 ft.
(c) 60 ft.
(d) 10 ft.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis talks about Allied cargo stolen from the Port of Naples, he says that according to estimates the equivalent of how much cargo is stolen?

2. As Lewis discusses the "Robin Hood" tradition in the Zona di Camorra he notes that the main example is Domenico Lupo; what explanation does Lewis give for the man's name?

3. Lewis travels to Pomigliano to arrest Mussolini's former Press Secretary, a man by what name?

4. In his discussion of the shrine of Cybele, Lewis says that after arriving in Avellino devotees complete their journey to the shrine by what method?

5. When discussing the customary pilgrimage to the shrine of Cybele, Lewis says that it has been a custom for how long?

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