View a FREE sample

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. The first purpose of show is what?
(a) To make life acceptable.
(b) To entertain.
(c) To have fun.
(d) To make a living.

2. For most males, what activity is primary?
(a) The sport of pursuing women.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Singing.
(d) Drinking.

3. What accounts for much of the male attention towards women in Italy?
(a) The women are very demanding.
(b) The women are intelligent.
(c) The women are very beautiful.
(d) The women are threatening.

4. In the 1960s, how many people visited Italy?
(a) Over twenty billion.
(b) Over twenty million.
(c) Twelve billion.
(d) Twelve million.

5. How do visitors attempt to speak?
(a) In Italian.
(b) Quietly.
(c) With their hands.
(d) Loudly and slowly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What entire city enacted deception?

2. For these aristocrats, do they believe these sacrifices are worth it?

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

4. Why do wealthy people come to Italy?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 205 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample