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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was arrival by sea dangerous?
(a) Because of rocky shores and limited docking space.
(b) Because of poorly-made vessels.
(c) Because of the risk of theft from a ship's captain.
(d) Because of storms, ship's crew mutinies and pirates.

3. What is important to these aristocrats?
(a) Protecting their wealth.
(b) Family.
(c) Friends.
(d) Perception of prosperity.

4. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?
(a) Wealthy and powerful.
(b) Honest and straightforward.
(c) Beautiful and kind.
(d) Deceitful, poor and dirty.

5. Who is Guiseppe Balsamo?
(a) A famous artist.
(b) A famous author.
(c) One of the most famous Italian teachers.
(d) One of the most famous charlatans of all time.

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

7. What does the author admit about most Italian girls and young women?
(a) They are loud and rude.
(b) They are scary.
(c) They are uncontrollable.
(d) They are disturbingly beautiful.

8. What was part of one's Italian education?
(a) The study of Italian life and culture.
(b) The study of Italian politics.
(c) The study of the Italian language.
(d) The study of Italy's art.

9. Balsamo became involved in what?
(a) One of the most notorious criminal situations of the time.
(b) Many famous works of art.
(c) Italian politics.
(d) The smithing guild.

10. How do female visitors feel about Italian males?
(a) They are too confident.
(b) They are irresistible and charming.
(c) They are annoying.
(d) They are rude and ignorant.

11. Italy was on the route of the crusaders on their way to where?
(a) The Holy Land.
(b) Turkey.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

12. Most visitors engage in ________________ activities.
(a) Different.
(b) Varying.
(c) The same.
(d) Odd.

13. For these aristocrats, do they believe these sacrifices are worth it?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Not usually.
(d) Sometimes.

14. What accounts for much of the male attention towards women in Italy?
(a) The women are threatening.
(b) The women are very demanding.
(c) The women are very beautiful.
(d) The women are intelligent.

15. It is believed that there is both Casanova and Cagliostro in who?
(a) Every wealthy Italian man.
(b) Every Italian man.
(c) Every man.
(d) Every foreign man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Italy is the seat of what?

2. What has drawn these people to Italy?

3. Even though individuals could easily practice their religion in their own towns, the lure of what was irresistible for many?

4. Does this magnificent place serve the purpose for which it was originally intended?

5. In the 1960s, how many people visited Italy?

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