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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. Is payment in the form of money?
(a) Not necessarily.
(b) No, never.
(c) Yes, usually.
(d) Yes, always.

2. What must be hidden?
(a) Nature's beauty.
(b) Signs of wealth.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) All that is ugly and unpleasant.

3. The men may have many romantic affairs. What are the rights of the wives?
(a) They may divorce their unfaithful husbands.
(b) They have no right to question or object to this behavior.
(c) They may require their husbands to end these affairs.
(d) They also may have romantic affairs.

4. The culture and qualities of the Italian people are ______________ on this island.
(a) Non-existent.
(b) The same.
(c) Diminished.
(d) Magnified.

5. Polite lies and flattery are tools of the Italian people in order to do what?
(a) Perpetuate the necessary illusions.
(b) Earn wealth.
(c) Stay popular.
(d) Be happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are male children especially anticipated and favored?

2. What complicates matters even further between Northerners and Southerners?

3. Cardinal de Rohan of France believed that Cagliostro could do what?

4. The author describes the humiliation of Italy in what battle?

5. 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?

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