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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 third evil spirit is what?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Shame.
(c) Lust.
(d) Injustice.

2. An Italian mother will care competently for her baby, but when she knows she has an audience, what will she do?
(a) Exaggeratedly fondle and coo over the child.
(b) Hand her baby off to strangers.
(c) Ignore the baby.
(d) Hide her baby.

3. What accounts for much of the male attention towards women in Italy?
(a) The women are very demanding.
(b) The women are threatening.
(c) The women are very beautiful.
(d) The women are intelligent.

4. Italy is the seat of what?
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) Europe.
(d) Art history.

5. Why do foreigners seem to have trouble with this belief in illusion?
(a) It is deceitful.
(b) It is hard to discern what is truth.
(c) It is a sin.
(d) It is disrespectful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what other kind of music do visitors listen?

3. What entire city enacted deception?

4. What did many view Italians as deserving?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do you feel about the deception of the Italian people?

4. From where do most foreigners to Italy come? What brings these visitors?

5. Why is the element of make believe important?

6. What is a major reason for Italian travel?

7. Why is it believed that both Casanova and Cagliostro can be found in every Italian man?

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

9. Why must one be careful when falling in love in Italy?

10. How does this opening affect the reader?

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