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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lewis talks about the villainy common to local police chiefs, he mentions which one in particular who has recently had several charges brought against him?
(a) Marshal Acerra.
(b) Marshal Benvenuto.
(c) Marshal Albano.
(d) Marshal Pascarella.

2. After receiving the supposed good-luck cloth, Lewis hears that Americans from which division have orders to beat ANY Germans to death, even those who surrender?
(a) 19th.
(b) 24th.
(c) 45th.
(d) 8th.

3. When discussing Signora Esposito-Lau, Lewis notes that the Psychological Warfare Bureau reported that what percentage of the Italian people collaborated with Germans?
(a) 58%.
(b) 96%.
(c) 72%.
(d) 25%.

4. As part of the A-Force's plan to use venereal disease (STD) as a weapon, Lewis says that a number of prostitutes are rounded up and taken on a day trip where?
(a) Capri.
(b) San Vincenzo.
(c) Portofino.
(d) Rome.

5. Lewis states, as he prepares to arrive in Salerno, that he and his section are attached to which American army unit?
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Ninth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis notes in his November 25, 1943 entry that there is an aversion in Italy to bothering which of the following species of bird?

2. In his descriptions of the small towns around Naples, Lewis mentions that the new mayors of these towns who have been appointed by the Allies are called what?

3. When an American soldier reports that he has been to a party in Marichiaro and has met a spy, he bases this accusation on the fact that the man claims to be what?

4. Early in the book, on which of the following dates does Lewis state that the war arrives?

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

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