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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Illusion and Cagliostro, The Other Face of the Coin, Cola di Rienzo or the Obsession of Antiquity, and Mussolini or the Limitations of Showmanship.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do foreigners seem to have trouble with this belief in illusion?
(a) It is hard to discern what is truth.
(b) It is a sin.
(c) It is deceitful.
(d) It is disrespectful.

3. What was part of one's Italian education?
(a) The study of Italian politics.
(b) The study of Italian life and culture.
(c) The study of Italy's art.
(d) The study of the Italian language.

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

5. What still remains in Italy?
(a) Crusaders.
(b) Unhappy visitors.
(c) An unexplained charm.
(d) Pirates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did this city add to the building facades?

3. What entire city enacted deception?

4. What is the biggest case of illusion?

5. Most visitors engage in ________________ activities.

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