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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

3. Whitsun draws near in "May 1944." Lewis says it is also known in Naples as the Easter of what?

4. 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?

5. When discussing the awful behavior of French colonial troops as they ravage the countryside, Lewis says doctors in Castro di Volsci treat how many rapes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelation does Lewis have about the young girl who comes to the police station asking for her weekly blanket in "August 1944"?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What comment does Lewis make about Lago Averno when he visits the location?

6. What result does Lewis find when he interviews Contessa della Peruta, who has applied to marry a British man?

7. What is the importance of San Gennaro's blood to the Neapolitan people, as discussed in "May 1944"?

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

9. What frustration does Eric Williams have during the Feast of the Lily in Nola?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and explain the reputation Lewis get in Benevento as being afflicted with the evil eye. What significance does this have, and what does it say about the townspeople's attitude toward him? Include supporting information from the text and outside research as necessary.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the two main reasons why Lewis and his fellow British officers are assigned to the American unit in Italy. Include supporting information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Explain and analyze the change in Neapolitan behavior as autumn approaches. How do their activities differ based on the seasonal change, and why? Be sure to include supporting information from the text.

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