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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Realism and Guicciardini, The Pursuit of Life, The Power of the Family and How to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Possibly nowhere else on earth can these things be found and indulged in with such ____________.
(a) Abandon.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Focus.
(d) Fear.

2. What is the main source of power for all Italians?
(a) Wealth.
(b) The government.
(c) Friends.
(d) The family.

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

4. What are these spirits destined to do?
(a) Serve every Italian.
(b) Bring good luck to every Italian.
(c) Protect the life of every Italian.
(d) Make the life of every Italian miserable.

5. Through the Middle Ages, who was drawn to Italy?
(a) The poor and needy.
(b) The homeless.
(c) Emperors and military leaders.
(d) The persecuted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Giuseppe Balsamo is a contemporary of whom?

2. Balsamo was what?

3. Rohan attempts to deceive Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, in what?

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

5. Who practically formed the country's landscape over the years?

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