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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 this city add to the building facades?
(a) Marble.
(b) Paint.
(c) Flags.
(d) Cardboard.

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

3. The second evil spirit is what?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Desire.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Jealousy.

4. What does the author admit about most Italian girls and young women?
(a) They are disturbingly beautiful.
(b) They are loud and rude.
(c) They are uncontrollable.
(d) They are scary.

5. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?
(a) Its food.
(b) Its architecture.
(c) Its landscape.
(d) The human element.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of music do visitors listen?

2. What was part of one's Italian education?

3. What did many view Italians as deserving?

4. Most visitors engage in ________________ activities.

5. What drives the tourists to Italy?

(see the answer key)

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