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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon his return to Naples to find sick section members, Lewis says that he is also ill with which of the following?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Syphillus.
(d) Hepatitis.

2. In his February 12, 1944 entry Lewis is surprised to find that the Neapolitans have never visited famous sites nearby, though they have all been to which city multiple times?
(a) Milan.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

3. 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) Jerusalem.
(b) Florence.
(c) Rome.
(d) Pompeii.

4. What is the name of the plaza where the Palace is located, in which Lewis' unit is installed when he reunites with them in Naples?
(a) Piazza Vittoria.
(b) Piazza Dante.
(c) Piazza Navona.
(d) Piazza Venezia.

5. As he discusses the frustrations of the Italian boys who have lost the local girls to soldiers, Lewis says that an American soldier can offer a girl all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Food.
(d) Silk.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis winds up in the American Evacuation Hospital he is ill with a re-infection of which of the following illnesses?

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. In his discussion of the Palace in Naples, Lewis remarks that the place has how many rooms?

4. 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?

5. When Lewis first meets the man who will become his best informant, Vincente Lattarullo, he reports that the man is a member of which of the following professions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Lewis give for the theft of copper when he is sent to investigate the problem?

2. What does Lewis learn from the Americans in his September 11, 1943 entry?

3. What health situation does Lewis find when he leaves Benevento and returns to Naples?

4. What frustrates Lewis when trying to investigate a report of a murder from one of the scugnizzi outside the Cafe Roma?

5. When the Allies learn that a planned invasion at Anzio is running through the local rumor mill, who does Lewis track down as the source of the leak?

6. When Lewis investigates Marshal Benvenuto's case against Giovanni Albano, what reason does the Marshal give for the arrest?

7. How does Lewis describe the mood and appearance of the people in the outskirts of Naples after his release from the hospital?

8. What shift in the public attitude does Lewis notice toward the end of his time in Benevento?

9. Why is Lewis sent to arrest Cesare Rossi in "February 1944"?

10. When arriving in Salerno, why are Lewis and his fellow British officers assigned to an American army and how do the Americans treat them?

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