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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. The core of Italian belief is that life is what?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Strange.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Catastrophic.

2. Almost without fail, all who visit and return are drawn to what?
(a) The Italian zest for life.
(b) Italian men.
(c) Italian women.
(d) Italian food.

3. What kind of behavior do tourists demonstrate?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Bored.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Slightly frenzied.

4. What decision do some visitors make according to this chapter?
(a) To stay permanently.
(b) To never return to Italy.
(c) To visit during the winter.
(d) To encourage others to stay away from Italy.

5. The largest number of visitors come from where?
(a) South Korea and India.
(b) Greece and Turkey.
(c) Russia and China.
(d) Northern Europe and the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who practically formed the country's landscape over the years?

2. It is necessary for each Italian to do what?

3. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?

4. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.

5. Why are male children especially anticipated and favored?

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