This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problema Del Mezzogiorno, Sicily and the Mafia, Fornovo and After, The Perennial Baroque and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will the situation not improve in the immediate future between the North and South?
(a) The South does not want it to improve.
(b) Much of the capital raised in the South goes to the Northern workers.
(c) Much of the capital raised in the North goes to the Southern workers.
(d) The North does not want it to improve.

2. The actions of Northerners move them_________ their goals through better jobs.
(a) Closer to.
(b) Farther from.
(c) The same distance as Southerners from.
(d) Away from.

3. Why do these aristocrats live lives such as this?
(a) They only care about themselves.
(b) Only family matters.
(c) In order to host a huge banquet and ball once each year.
(d) It is the only way of life they know.

4. Mafia is what?
(a) A group of teenagers.
(b) The name for the famous illegal organization.
(c) Gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
(d) A game on the internet.

5. Why do most Italians have no need to read Guicciardini's writing?
(a) His story is told in every family.
(b) They would not agree with what he has to say.
(c) They seem to be born knowing that minding their own business will serve them in all circumstances throughout life.
(d) They know him well.