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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of music do visitors listen?

2. Is this influx of people in Italy new?

3. It is believed that there is both Casanova and Cagliostro in who?

4. Italy was on the route of the crusaders on their way to where?

5. Italians believe that newborn babies are surrounded by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cola di Rienzo.

2. For what is Baldassar Castiglione known?

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

4. How might art devotees feel in Italy?

5. What does the author say about the draw of the weather for visitors. What do you think about this?

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

7. How does this opening affect the reader?

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

9. What is a major reason for Italian travel?

10. How is Italian life like a play or show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Italians do not understand capitalism.

Part 1) What is capitalism? Why do they not understand it?

Part 2) How is this inability to understand related to their beliefs regarding free speech?

Part 3) How does this affect governmental affairs, laws, and other legal situations?

Essay Topic 2

There is irony regarding the Italian illusions.

Part 1) What are the Italian illusions discussed in this book? What is ironic about these?

Part 2) Does this sort of illusion exist elsewhere in the world? If so, where? How? If not, why not?

Part 3) Why are Italians and others drawn so strongly to these illusions?

Essay Topic 3

The Battle of Fornovo was very humiliating.

Part 1) What is the Battle of Fornovo? Why was it humiliating?

Part 2) How did the outcome of this battle affect Italians and their culture?

Part 3) How do the results of this battle still affect Italians today?

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