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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The surface of Italian life has many characteristics of what?
(a) A company.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A play or show.
(d) A dictatorship.

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

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

4. What was one of the major reasons for Italian travel?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Work.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Religious pilgrimages to Rome.

5. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.
(a) Coke.
(b) Beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Wine.

6. 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 disturbingly beautiful.
(d) They are uncontrollable.

7. What drives the tourists to Italy?
(a) Peace and quiet.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Inexpensive retirement.
(d) Some unknown urge.

8. The first of the evil spirits is what?
(a) Pain.
(b) Shame.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Lust.

9. Italians believe that newborn babies are surrounded by what?
(a) Angels.
(b) Bad and powerful genii.
(c) Demons.
(d) The devil.

10. What was considered an invaluable part of a person's education?
(a) Studying Italy.
(b) Time spent in Italy.
(c) Vacationing in Italy.
(d) Learning Italian.

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

12. Can the ordinary person worship amid such grandeur?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Usually.
(d) Frequently.

13. It is necessary for each Italian to do what?
(a) Ward off the presence and the effects of these spirits the best he can.
(b) Pray to these spirits.
(c) Give gifts to these spirits.
(d) Ask for help from these spirits.

14. Who found their way to Italy?
(a) Russians and Mongolians.
(b) Barbarians and religious pilgrims.
(c) Franks and Saxons.
(d) Gauls and Britons.

15. Who is Giacomo Casanova?
(a) An author.
(b) A poet.
(c) An illustrious lover.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did this city add to the building facades?

2. Italy was on the route of the crusaders on their way to where?

3. What decision do some visitors make according to this chapter?

4. When do tourists demonstrate the kind of behavior mentioned in number 7?

5. Who was this city trying to deceive?

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