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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. 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) October 30, 1943.
(b) April 1, 1944.
(c) December 11, 1943.
(d) March 14, 1944.

2. When a prostitute presents herself at the police station expecting a blanket in return for her services, Lewis is astonished to find that she is how old?
(a) 6.
(b) 35.
(c) 12.
(d) 68.

3. When Lewis stops for lunch at Vicenzo a Mare in the Neapolitan suburb he is treated to all BUT WHICH of the following local specialties?
(a) Iced octopus.
(b) Sand-eels.
(c) Bean-shaped bivalves.
(d) Raw shellfish.

4. 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) 100 lire.
(d) 400 lire.

5. Of the marriage application investigations Lewis has completed by April 5, 1944 how many of the Italian women turned out to be prostitutes?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 28.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his April 1, 1944 entry Lewis spends time Signora Lola and says that she looks wonderful, having put on some weight due to the return of what food to Naples?

2. In Lewis' discussion of various salary levels, how much does he say an Italian major makes per month?

3. While talking about various salaries Lewis says that his research shows the Questore of Naples makes the most, at what amount per month?

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

5. When discussing the single Neapolitan suburb he has not visited, Lewis notes that the famous San Gennaro was thrown to the lions here in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the result of Giovanni Patierno's letter-carrying activity when he is apprehended.

2. What attitude does Vittorio Fortuna have when Lewis arrests him, and what reason might there be for his attitude?

3. When Lewis visits Salvatore Loreto in the Cancello Field Hospital, the nurse says that a German in the bed next to him will die soon after six p.m. Why is she so sure of this?

4. What is the difference between Neapolitan architecture and that of Pozzuoli, as discussed in "July 1944"?

5. 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?

6. What does Lewis find when he visits a small volcano called the Solfatara?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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