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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. The people are even more aware of this when they know they are being observed?
(a) Their life revolves around the law.
(b) Their life is like a play or show.
(c) Their life is business.
(d) They do not have control over their lives.

2. Whose knowledge of Italy's geography and culture is deep?
(a) The politicians.
(b) The visitors.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The locals.

3. 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) Often.
(c) Usually.
(d) No.

4. There are stories of penniless aristocratic families who live what kind of lives?
(a) Extravagant.
(b) Meaningless.
(c) Meager.
(d) Ruthless.

5. Most visitors engage in ________________ activities.
(a) Different.
(b) Varying.
(c) Odd.
(d) The same.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Italians cling to illusions such as those exhibited by Casanova and Cagliostro?

2. How do female visitors feel about Italian males?

3. Possibly nowhere else on earth can these things be found and indulged in with such ____________.

4. Why do wealthy people come to Italy?

5. Everything is better when it does what?

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