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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Lewis and his companions prepare to land at Salerno, how does Lewis say the lecture by the Intelligence officer could have been summed up?
(a) There is nothing we do not know.
(b) Mussolini's OVRA has been disbanded.
(c) We know nothing.
(d) The Germans will be there.

2. Right before heading back to Naples after the trip with the Crespi family, there is a picnic of all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Salami.
(b) Mozzarella.
(c) Mortadella.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. After describing his concerns about the Canadians who have returned to the area, Lewis says that the Allies have recognized how many political parties in the area?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 65.
(d) 21.

4. In his discussion of the Palace in Naples, how many bathrooms does Lewis say it has?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. When Lewis is invited to go on a family expedition to gather greens and hunt birds with Ingeniere Crespi, the man's son goes along; what is the boy's name?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Dante.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Lucca.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the meeting in Salerno with the captain, how many British men are ordered back to "Red Beach" because a token presence there is required?

2. As Lewis discusses the various things the people of Naples have resorted to eating, he notes that there has been rumor of a decline in the population of what animal in the city?

3. While discussing the contraband confiscated by the Marshal at the checkpoint three miles outside town, Lewis says that a drum of olive oil is worth how much on the black market?

4. On which of the following dates does Lewis, unable to get to Salerno, decide to take a sight-seeing trip to Capaccio?

5. After Lewis gives a hungry man some K rations he receives a strip of cloth that the giver insists will render him bulletproof; from what city did this cloth originate?

(see the answer key)

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