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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Peaceful Invasion, The Eternal Pilgrimage, The Fatal Charm of Italy and The Importance of Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do female visitors believe about Italian men?
(a) They do not like foreign women.
(b) They are selfish and rude.
(c) They do not pay attention to their particular marital status or circumstances.
(d) They do not like Italian women.

2. Italy was on the route of the crusaders on their way to where?
(a) Turkey.
(b) France.
(c) The Holy Land.
(d) The United States.

3. Who practically formed the country's landscape over the years?
(a) The wealthy and powerful.
(b) The people.
(c) God.
(d) Foreigners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1960s, how many people visited Italy?

2. Who flocks to Italy each year in increasing numbers?

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

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

5. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.

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