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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In exchange for protection by the Mafia, what happens to people?
(a) They become afraid and often go into hiding.
(b) They are often killed.
(c) They become indebted to the organization and ultimately must pay.
(d) They become indebted financially.

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

3. People in Southern Italy live more intense lives relying on their instincts but run what risk?
(a) Poverty and insecurity.
(b) Losing what wealth they have.
(c) Not being taken seriously.
(d) Spiritual impoverishment and hedonism.

4. Why are male children especially anticipated and favored?
(a) They can be government officials.
(b) They are more intelligent than females.
(c) The family also demands many male descendants to carry on the name and the heritage.
(d) The family cares about strong offspring.

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

6. From where is this man?
(a) Venice.
(b) Florence.
(c) Rome.
(d) Milan.

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

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

9. The North supplies what to the South?
(a) Not much.
(b) Equipment and most consumer goods.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Some consumer goods.

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

11. Mafia is what?
(a) Gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
(b) A game on the internet.
(c) A group of teenagers.
(d) The name for the famous illegal organization.

12. When might a family extend into extreme behavior?
(a) If circumstances warrant.
(b) If the government is weakened.
(c) Never.
(d) If they are wealthy.

13. Most families attempt to remain faithful to what?
(a) The perfect family as possible.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their government.

14. The confusion about the Mafia is almost always perpetuated by whom?
(a) The media.
(b) The Sicilians.
(c) The organization itself.
(d) The Italians.

15. How else is mafioso used?
(a) To describe someone who is a murderer.
(b) To describe a person who is rude.
(c) To describe a person of prideful bearing.
(d) To describe a person who is devious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one use of the term mafioso?

2. About what is this book?

3. In the aftermath of this battle, what happens to Italy's virtues and assets?

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

5. What are children taught early?

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