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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. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?
(a) Beautiful and kind.
(b) Honest and straightforward.
(c) Wealthy and powerful.
(d) Deceitful, poor and dirty.

2. This author asserts that a man must use tactics of mild deception at times in order to do what?
(a) Protect Italy.
(b) Help others.
(c) Gain personal and business advantage.
(d) Defeat the enemy.

3. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?
(a) Its food.
(b) The human element.
(c) Its architecture.
(d) Its landscape.

4. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.
(a) Champagne.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coke.
(d) Beer.

5. Artists of all types also flock to Italy for what reason?
(a) To steal art work.
(b) To buy supplies.
(c) To study with the best teachers.
(d) To find inspiration and lifestyles that will suit their tastes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was arrival by sea dangerous?

2. The people are even more aware of this when they know they are being observed?

3. Cardinal de Rohan of France believed that Cagliostro could do what?

4. Who found their way to Italy?

5. What has drawn these people to Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you find to be a important feature of Italy?

2. What is ironic about the lives of Italians and the deception that is a part of life in this country?

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

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

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

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

7. When is a time when an entire city used deception in order to perpetuate the necessary illusions?

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

9. How important are nonverbal gestures?

10. How was travel to Italy in ancient times?

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