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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first purpose of show is what?
(a) To entertain.
(b) To make life acceptable.
(c) To make a living.
(d) To have fun.

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

3. There are stories of penniless aristocratic families who live what kind of lives?
(a) Meaningless.
(b) Extravagant.
(c) Meager.
(d) Ruthless.

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

5. Who flocks to Italy each year in increasing numbers?
(a) Foreign visitors.
(b) Italians.
(c) Children.
(d) The elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?

2. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?

3. Balsamo became involved in what?

4. The surface of Italian life has many characteristics of what?

5. Everything is better when it does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Guiseppe Balsamo?

2. What is a part of Italy's charm? Explain this aspect.

3. Why is the element of make believe important?

4. What is the first purpose of having life be like a show?

5. How is Benito Mussolini an example of Italian showmanship gone wrong?

6. Is tourism new to Italy? Why or why not?

7. For what is Baldassar Castiglione known?

8. What is the fourth evil spirit? Describe it.

9. What is the second evil spirit? Describe it.

10. What does the author say about the draw of the weather for visitors. What do you think about this?

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