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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. From what other parts of the world do visitors come?
(a) The Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
(b) Canada, the Middle East, and Asia.
(c) Russia, China, and Iran.
(d) Russia, Africa, and Asia.

2. Who flocks to Italy each year in increasing numbers?
(a) Children.
(b) Foreign visitors.
(c) Italians.
(d) The elderly.

3. It is believed that there is both Casanova and Cagliostro in who?
(a) Every Italian man.
(b) Every man.
(c) Every foreign man.
(d) Every wealthy Italian man.

4. The first purpose of show is what?
(a) To make a living.
(b) To have fun.
(c) To entertain.
(d) To make life acceptable.

5. What did Giuseppe Balsamo call himself?
(a) Guiseppe Verdi.
(b) Giacomo Casanova.
(c) Baldassar Castiglione.
(d) Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?

2. Cagliostro is imprisoned where for a brief time?

3. Giuseppe Balsamo is a contemporary of whom?

4. Almost without fail, all who visit and return are drawn to what?

5. Who is Guiseppe Balsamo?

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