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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While investigating the charges against the man arrested by the police chief, Lewis compares another witness--Anna Consomata--to an angel by which famous Italian artist?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Giotto.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Botticelli.

2. When told to tidy up the black market situation Lewis investigates Vittorio Fortuna, a pharmacist known to traffic illegally in what medication?
(a) Benzedrine.
(b) Amphetamine.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Penicillin.

3. In the January 12, 1944 entry which of the following individuals is thrown into jail after he is discovered with several lengths of copper wire, which he insists are German?
(a) Ingeniere Crespi.
(b) Poggio Reale.
(c) Lo Scalzo.
(d) Antonio Priore.

4. When Lewis is forced to ask Norah Gemelli for help with a case, what name does she give him?
(a) Lo Scalzo.
(b) Ingeniere Crespi.
(c) Antonio Priore.
(d) Poggio Reale.

5. When discussing Neapolitans' odd superstitions and views on good/bad luck, Lewis notes that they believe a house suffers from the evil eye; what is the house number?
(a) Number 3.
(b) Number 15.
(c) Number 6.
(d) Number 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals does Lewis meet at Zi' Teresa's restaurant at the end of the November 26, 1943 entry?

2. On his sight-seeing trip into Capaccio, which of the following flowers does Lewis mention along the street that looks almost English?

3. During Lewis' time in the American Evacuation Hospital, he is frequently disturbed by what noise a few hundred yards away?

4. Lewis and his companions enter the catacombs behind San Gennaro on reports that German SS officers are hidden there. How many galleries are in this catacomb?

5. When discussing the continued success of the black market Lewis says the Psychological Warfare Bureau estimates what percentage of Neapolitan income derives from stolen Allied goods?

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