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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. What did Giuseppe Balsamo call himself?
(a) Guiseppe Verdi.
(b) Giacomo Casanova.
(c) Baldassar Castiglione.
(d) Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.

2. What did many view Italians as deserving?
(a) Everything that was beautiful and majestic.
(b) The corruption and tyrannies which infiltrate their national history.
(c) To be the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.
(d) Better than they had.

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

4. With what is the magnificent structure mentioned in number 77 filled?
(a) Grand art and architecture.
(b) Unhappy citizens.
(c) Selfish people.
(d) Ruthless rulers.

5. In the 1950s, how many people visited Italy?
(a) Five billion.
(b) Five million.
(c) Twelve billion.
(d) Twelve million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do female visitors feel about Italian males?

2. For ages it has been the fate of the Italian people to grasp wealth and power so they achieve it through what?

3. It is necessary for each Italian to do what?

4. The surface of Italian life has many characteristics of what?

5. From what other parts of the world do visitors come?

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