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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. For ages it has been the fate of the Italian people to grasp wealth and power so they achieve it through what?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Honesty.

2. An Italian mother will care competently for her baby, but when she knows she has an audience, what will she do?
(a) Hide her baby.
(b) Hand her baby off to strangers.
(c) Ignore the baby.
(d) Exaggeratedly fondle and coo over the child.

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

4. One of the most prominent proponents of illusion was the author __________________.
(a) Baldassar Castiglione.
(b) Giuseppe Balsamo.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Giacomo Casanova.

5. In the cases of love where a man acts as if he is irresistibly attracted to a woman, can the woman know that his actions indicate true feelings?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Often.
(d) Usually.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first of the evil spirits is what?

2. What does the author admit about most Italian girls and young women?

3. It is believed that there is both Casanova and Cagliostro in who?

4. In ancient times, travel was _________________.

5. Who was this city trying to deceive?

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