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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 do other Italians think of the better-educated Italians who have no need for these tools for living life as pain-free as possible?
(a) They are crazy.
(b) They must not be Italian.
(c) They are more Italian.
(d) They can sometimes be perceived as being less Italian.

2. Guicciardini is the role model for what?
(a) The way all Italians would like to live.
(b) Acting based on one's beliefs and feelings.
(c) Separating personal emotions and thoughts in the conduct of reprehensible business.
(d) Caring for others.

3. The core of Italian belief is that life is what?
(a) Catastrophic.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Strange.
(d) Predictable.

4. Whose knowledge of Italy's geography and culture is deep?
(a) The visitors.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The locals.

5. The second evil spirit is what?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes the center of Baroque life in all of Europe?

2. Everything during the Baroque period is done for what reason?

3. What does the Italian Code of Chivalry teach?

4. Polite lies and flattery are tools of the Italian people in order to do what?

5. Into what do males force women?

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