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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After this very public humiliation on the world stage, Italy reverts to what?
(a) Expansionism.
(b) Negative attitudes.
(c) Its protective cover of illusion.
(d) Isolationism.

2. What does the word mafia indicate?
(a) A dangerous and ruthless man.
(b) A hard-headed, scary individual.
(c) An intelligent, independent individual.
(d) A state of mind or moral code in the defense of dignity and vengeance prevailing among all Sicilians.

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

4. Into what do males force women?
(a) Loveless relationships.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Submission.
(d) Work.

5. What other defense mechanism do the Italians use?
(a) They have many allies.
(b) They build powerful weapons.
(c) They mind their own business.
(d) They do not mind their own business.

6. On what was Guicciardini more focused?
(a) Protecting his family.
(b) Goals of prospering and wielding power.
(c) Improving life for his community.
(d) Providing advice to others.

7. Where do consolation, help, advice, provisions, loans, weapons, allies and accomplices lie?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Friends.
(c) The government.
(d) In the family.

8. Who is another famous Florentine known for ruthless behavior and politics?
(a) Cola di Rienzo.
(b) Giacomo Casanova.
(c) Niccolo Machiavelli.
(d) Baldassra Castiglione.

9. What do Italians think of free expression?
(a) It is a waste of time for anyone.
(b) It is a right for all people.
(c) It is only for Americans.
(d) It is considered a luxury granted to only a few saints, heroes, and poets.

10. All Italians share similar physical characteristics and methods for managing life, but there is a difference between the two geographical regions which has done what?
(a) Brought different types of tourists.
(b) Impacted the cultures of each.
(c) Impacted the economies of each.
(d) Not effected either economy.

11. Who has the luxury of speaking about their dreams, ideals and justice?
(a) Native-born Italians.
(b) Older people.
(c) Younger people.
(d) Anyone who is not Italian.

12. Italians strive for what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Concrete reasoning.
(d) Creative thinking.

13. Within the family, the males reign supreme and Italian men are noted for what?
(a) Their care of women.
(b) Their manliness and affected posturing.
(c) Their strength and intelligence.
(d) Their need for love.

14. 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 can sometimes be perceived as being less Italian.
(b) They must not be Italian.
(c) They are more Italian.
(d) They are crazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When might a family extend into extreme behavior?

2. The Southerner relies on what to achieve the same goals as the Northerners?

3. Guicciardini served as _____________ and arrested and tortured those who disagreed with Papal decrees.

4. Throughout their long history the Italian people have learned that their best defense against corruption, violence, civil wars and revolutions is to do what?

5. Another important faction in the geography of Italy is what?

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