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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sicily, each man's rank is determined by what?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His looks.
(d) The amount of fear he can generate.

2. Throughout their long history the Italian people have learned that their best defense against corruption, violence, civil wars and revolutions is to do what?
(a) Protest.
(b) Hide.
(c) Keep their mouths shut.
(d) Speak out.

3. Southerners would like to live better lives and would prefer that the gap between North and South would do what?
(a) Be moved farther south.
(b) Diminish.
(c) Be moved farther north.
(d) Be more distinct.

4. What must each member do to provide for the greater good of the family?
(a) Be will to leave the family.
(b) Be willing to sacrifice finances.
(c) Be willing to sacrifice personal property and finances if the situation calls for it.
(d) Be willing to sacrifice personal property.

5. What complicates matters even further between Northerners and Southerners?
(a) There is no definite line separating the two areas.
(b) There is a definite line separating the two areas.
(c) They speak different dialects.
(d) They look very different from each other.

6. Baroque theater also becomes popular, and the custom of using ___________ at celebrations and events today mimics the glorious _________ crafted in this colorful and artistic time period.
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Hats.
(c) Scarves.
(d) Masks.

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

8. The Northerners believe that what is the way to achieve their goals?
(a) The acquisition of wealth.
(b) Through the Church.
(c) The acquisition of power and influence.
(d) Through deception.

9. What are Sicilians able to avoid?
(a) Written laws.
(b) Contact with Italians.
(c) Paying taxes.
(d) Learning Italian.

10. Almost everyone in Sicily understands what?
(a) The fact that the Mafia is a good source of protection.
(b) The fact that the Italians cause many of the problems from which the Mafia protects people.
(c) The irony that the Mafia often causes the problems from which it protects.
(d) The fact that the Sicilians cause many of the problems from which the Mafia protects people.

11. What do Italians avoid at all costs?
(a) Being trapped.
(b) Controlling others.
(c) Negative thoughts.
(d) Being made to look foolish.

12. Italians, like many other people, must one day realize what about life?
(a) It in the control of each individual.
(b) It is too short.
(c) It is filled with joy and love.
(d) It is pitiless and ugly with a constant struggle between hypocrisy and sincerity.

13. What do Sicilians prefer to call the Mafia?
(a) Onorata societa.
(b) Forte societa.
(c) Pauroso societa.
(d) Cattivo societa.

14. Why will the situation not improve in the immediate future between the North and South?
(a) The South does not want it to improve.
(b) The North does not want it to improve.
(c) Much of the capital raised in the South goes to the Northern workers.
(d) Much of the capital raised in the North goes to the Southern workers.

15. In return for protection, what does the family demand?
(a) Money.
(b) Absolute loyalty and all wrongs must be avenged.
(c) Love.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are visible signs of material advantages in the North, but there is always the danger of what?

2. What do most Italians think about contemporary capitalism?

3. What helps Italians navigate through life with as little pain as possible?

4. Guicciardini is the role model for what?

5. The culture and qualities of the Italian people are ______________ on this island.

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