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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 what is Casanova noted?
(a) His poetry.
(b) His many amorous conquests.
(c) His political advances.
(d) His many works.

2. What must be hidden?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Signs of wealth.
(c) All that is ugly and unpleasant.
(d) Nature's beauty.

3. What was one of the major reasons for Italian travel?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Religious pilgrimages to Rome.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Work.

4. Balsamo became involved in what?
(a) Many famous works of art.
(b) The smithing guild.
(c) Italian politics.
(d) One of the most notorious criminal situations of the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An Italian mother will care competently for her baby, but when she knows she has an audience, what will she do?

2. Italians believe that the effects of life _______________ be eliminated.

3. The passion for ______________ allows Italians to glide over life's surface leaving the ugly part as untouched as possible.

4. Although almost everyone recognizes these minor deceptions for what they are, they are considered what?

5. The first of the evil spirits is what?

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