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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problema Del Mezzogiorno, Sicily and the Mafia, Fornovo and After, The Perennial Baroque and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Mafia members called?
(a) Amico o nemico.
(b) Degli amici.
(c) Gli amici.
(d) Gli amici degli amici.

2. What book did this author write?
(a) The Book of Love.
(b) The Book of Hours.
(c) The Book of the Courtier.
(d) The Book of Fate.

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

4. What entire city enacted deception?
(a) Rome.
(b) Venice.
(c) Milan.
(d) Florence.

5. The heads of Mafia organizations are usually _____________________ with impeccable manners and ingratiating charm which do not belie the cruelty underneath.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Wealthy professional citizens.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Well-educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main source of power for all Italians?

2. How did Guicciardini command respect?

3. What must be hidden?

4. What accounts for much of the male attention towards women in Italy?

5. Why do most Italians have no need to read Guicciardini's writing?

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