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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. Toward the end of "July 1944" Lewis says that about how many people live in a single acre in the district of Vicaria?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 8,000.

2. When Salvatore Loreto is captured in "August 1944," which of the following is the hospital in which Lewis finds him?
(a) Maugham National Hospital.
(b) Maugham Field Hospital.
(c) Cancello Field Hospital.
(d) Cancello National Hospital.

3. While discussing Domenico Lupo's raiding bands Lewis says that one of the biggest issues is the looting of what?
(a) Trains.
(b) Homes.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Military bases.

4. When Lewis visits the house set up--illegally--by Captain Frazer and Signora Lola, he notes that it is badly damaged from an air raid that happened on which date?
(a) December 11, 1943.
(b) April 1, 1944.
(c) March 14, 1944.
(d) October 30, 1943.

5. When told to tidy up the black market situation Lewis investigates Vittorio Fortuna, a pharmacist known to traffic illegally in what medication?
(a) Tetanus.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Amphetamine.
(d) Benzedrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After hearing the Marshal of Benevento's concerns about bandits outside the town, Lewis discusses the problem with the local schoolmaster; what is the man's name?

3. In his visit to the Neapolitan suburb in "July 1944" Lewis says that which of the following lakes, described by Homer, is a disappointment?

4. In the March 3, 1944 entry Lewis notes that it is a crime in Italy, punishable by a year in prison, to communicate which venereal disease (STD) to another person?

5. When Eric Williams speaks of his frustrations in the town of Nola, he tells Lewis that the whole town shut down for the Feast of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the A-Force's plot when they attempt to use Italian prostitutes against the Germans and why the plan fails.

2. When Lewis recounts the tale of the five British soldiers who managed to escape from German prison camps, what method does he say the soldiers used?

3. What reason does Signora Lola give for the odd behavior of a man in a cafe during the day trip to Capri?

4. While in Benevento Lewis discusses the diseases that have sprung up among the people. What methods does Lewis use to try to prevent another bout of malaria?

5. When Lewis talks about his friend Lattarullo's part-time job as an "uncle from Rome" for funeral services, how does he say his friend accomplishes this?

6. What situation does Lewis encounter when he travels to San Sebastiano to investigate conditions there after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?

7. After Frazer is posted and his relationship with Signora Lola ends Lewis mentions that Lola and her friend will be going to the island of Capri to "deflate." What is meant by this?

8. Describe the murder of five Moors as "June 1944" opens.

9. Why are the Neapolitan prostitutes unhappy when they learn about the A-Force's idea to use them against the Germans in Rome?

10. To what does Lewis attribute the differences found in Pozzuoli compared with other regions nearby in his discussion of that area?

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