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

2. The Northerner believes that wealth is the sure way to do what?
(a) Insure protection for the family.
(b) Have problems.
(c) Cause stress.
(d) Create enemies.

3. What becomes the center of Baroque life in all of Europe?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Milan.

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

5. The men may have many romantic affairs. What are the rights of the wives?
(a) They also may have romantic affairs.
(b) They may require their husbands to end these affairs.
(c) They may divorce their unfaithful husbands.
(d) They have no right to question or object to this behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. The best example of this philosophy is embodied by whom?

2. On what was Guicciardini more focused?

3. About what is this book?

4. In return for protection, what does the family demand?

5. What other defense mechanism do the Italians use?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the confusion about the Mafia?

2. Describe the organization of Italian groups.

3. Who is Francesco Guicciardini?

4. In Sicily, how is each man's rank determined?

5. What is meant by mafioso?

6. What is hidden under the facade that most foreigners know as Italy?

7. What are the two major rules that must be followed to survive in Italian society?

8. What is the social status of men and women in an Italian family?

9. What happens in the aftermath of the Battle of Fornovo?

10. How do the actions of the Northerners affect the achievement of their goals? How do the beliefs of the Southerners contrast this?

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