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

2. What decision do some visitors make according to this chapter?
(a) To never return to Italy.
(b) To stay permanently.
(c) To encourage others to stay away from Italy.
(d) To visit during the winter.

3. The surface of Italian life has many characteristics of what?
(a) A dictatorship.
(b) A company.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A play or show.

4. What are these spirits destined to do?
(a) Make the life of every Italian miserable.
(b) Protect the life of every Italian.
(c) Serve every Italian.
(d) Bring good luck to every Italian.

5. Polite lies and flattery are tools of the Italian people in order to do what?
(a) Stay popular.
(b) Be happy.
(c) Perpetuate the necessary illusions.
(d) Earn wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Would most of these visitors consider doing any of these previously-mentioned activities in their own hometowns?

2. Is this influx of people in Italy new?

3. What do female visitors believe about Italian men?

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

5. Visitors to Italy often return when?

(see the answer key)

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