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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 must be done to raw nature?
(a) Landscaped and formed into suitable forms and rituals.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Left alone.
(d) Studied.

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

3. Italy is the seat of what?
(a) Europe.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church.
(d) Art history.

4. What kind of behavior do tourists demonstrate?
(a) Slightly frenzied.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Bored.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. This author asserts that a man must use tactics of mild deception at times in order to do what?

2. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?

3. Through the Middle Ages, who was drawn to Italy?

4. Everything is better when it does what?

5. 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?

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