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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. Who found their way to Italy?
(a) Russians and Mongolians.
(b) Franks and Saxons.
(c) Barbarians and religious pilgrims.
(d) Gauls and Britons.

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

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

4. Through the Middle Ages, who was drawn to Italy?
(a) Emperors and military leaders.
(b) The poor and needy.
(c) The homeless.
(d) The persecuted.

5. What must be done to raw nature?
(a) Studied.
(b) Left alone.
(c) Landscaped and formed into suitable forms and rituals.
(d) Destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Everything is better when it does what?

2. What did many view Italians as deserving?

3. What is the biggest case of illusion?

4. The largest number of visitors come from where?

5. In the 1960s, how many people visited Italy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did author Henry James say regarding the pleasure of Italy?

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

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

5. What is the stereotype of Italians?

6. What is the first of the evil spirits? Describe it.

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

8. Why do many visitors return often or stay permanently?

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

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

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