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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the checkpoint three miles out of town is passed by a lorry that crashes through, Lewis says that the man in charge of the Thompson sub-machine gun is which of these?
(a) Peters.
(b) Altamura.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Dunham.

2. 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?
(a) Florence.
(b) Pompeii.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Rome.

3. While discussing Latarullo's home furnishings Lewis describes a dingy piece of rock, supposedly from the sanctuary of which saint?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. Michael.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Paul.

4. On which of the following dates does Lewis see a British officer beating an Italian man, which he describes as the most revolting thing he's seen since the war began?
(a) September 12, 1944.
(b) September 20, 1943.
(c) September 16, 1943.
(d) September 25, 1944.

5. 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) 60 lire.
(b) 200 lire.
(c) 400 lire.
(d) 100 lire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities has been legally resumed in December 1943?

2. On which of the following dates is Lewis discharged from the American Evacuation Hospital after his illness?

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

4. The prostitutes rounded up for the A-Force's plot are unhappy about the situation because they are used to making how much money per night?

5. After Mt. Vesuvius erupts Lewis visits a local seismologist, Professor Saraceno, for information about the event. With what does Lewis pay the man for his advice?

(see the answer key)

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