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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Realism and Guicciardini, The Pursuit of Life, The Power of the Family and How to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most Italians think about contemporary capitalism?
(a) It cannot be trusted.
(b) They do not understand it.
(c) It is too difficult to understand.
(d) It is worthless.

2. This author is a proponent of what?
(a) Trusting fate.
(b) Building wealth.
(c) Honor and duty.
(d) The current politician in power.

3. Who practically formed the country's landscape over the years?
(a) God.
(b) The people.
(c) The wealthy and powerful.
(d) Foreigners.

4. Italy was on the route of the crusaders on their way to where?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Turkey.
(d) The Holy Land.

5. What else do Italians think about capitalism?
(a) They think it is only for the wealthy.
(b) They appreciate the outward aspects of it but do not believe it truly exists.
(c) They think it requires too much responsibility from the citizens.
(d) They cannot appreciate anything about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Possibly nowhere else on earth can these things be found and indulged in with such ____________.

2. The surface of Italian life has many characteristics of what?

3. In the 1950s, how many people visited Italy?

4. What does the Italian Code of Chivalry teach?

5. When do tourists demonstrate the kind of behavior mentioned in number 7?

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