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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. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?
(a) Beautiful and kind.
(b) Honest and straightforward.
(c) Wealthy and powerful.
(d) Deceitful, poor and dirty.

2. What did many view Italians as deserving?
(a) To be the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.
(b) Better than they had.
(c) The corruption and tyrannies which infiltrate their national history.
(d) Everything that was beautiful and majestic.

3. Guicciardini became a lawyer and went into what service in 1515?
(a) Military.
(b) Corporate law.
(c) Papal.
(d) Political.

4. Balsamo became involved in what?
(a) The smithing guild.
(b) Many famous works of art.
(c) Italian politics.
(d) One of the most notorious criminal situations of the time.

5. When do tourists demonstrate the kind of behavior mentioned in number 7?
(a) Upon arriving in Rome.
(b) When deciding to travel to Italy.
(c) When leaving Italy.
(d) Upon crossing over the border into Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one book that reigns supreme in cases of conduct?

2. What must be hidden?

3. Italians strive for what?

4. To what other kind of music do visitors listen?

5. Within the family, the males reign supreme and Italian men are noted for what?

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