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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. Does he ever betray his personal beliefs in the service of those whom he detested?
(a) Yes, but many years later.
(b) Yes, as soon as he retired.
(c) Yes, once.
(d) No, never.

2. This bastion of security can have many positive facets but also can exhibit negatively in what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) War.
(d) Anarchy.

3. What do most Italians think about contemporary capitalism?
(a) They do not understand it.
(b) It cannot be trusted.
(c) It is worthless.
(d) It is too difficult to understand.

4. Southerners would like to live better lives and would prefer that the gap between North and South would do what?
(a) Be moved farther south.
(b) Be more distinct.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Be moved farther north.

5. There are visible signs of material advantages in the North, but there is always the danger of what?
(a) Losing that advantage.
(b) Spiritual impoverishment and hedonism.
(c) Economic collapse.
(d) Poverty and insecurity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Guicciardini command respect?

2. About what is this book?

3. Into what do males force women?

4. What do Sicilians prefer to call the Mafia?

5. What helps Italians navigate through life with as little pain as possible?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are matters complicated?

3. Describe Sicily.

4. What is the main source of power for Italians? Describe this power.

5. Describe the Baroque period in Italy.

6. At first glance, how does Italy appear?

7. How is Guicciardini a role model?

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

9. What causes the confusion about the Mafia?

10. What have the Italians learned is their best defense against problems?

(see the answer keys)

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