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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lewis investigates various Italian salaries, he says that the lowest income for a public official is that of the postman at what amount per month?
(a) 450 lire.
(b) 240 lire.
(c) 875 lire.
(d) 380 lire.

2. In the March 5, 1944 entry Lewis says that according to Signora Lola a letter can be sent to Rome via a local jeweler for how much money?
(a) 100 lire.
(b) 400 lire.
(c) 200 lire.
(d) 60 lire.

3. When discussing the Separatist group for the restoration of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Lattarullo tells Lewis he believes the war with Germany will be over by which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.

4. As Lewis passes through Naples on his way back to his unit after his illness, what does he say is the general mood of the Italian civilians?
(a) Anger.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Indignation.

5. 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) Botticelli.
(b) Giotto.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Michelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. In his discussion of the local mobs around Naples, Lewis says that the only person who ever stood up to the group was whom?

5. 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?

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