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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. On what was Guicciardini more focused?

2. Why could this man not achieve practical results?

3. Everything during the Baroque period is done for what reason?

4. What do Mafia members feel that they are sometimes forced to do?

5. What rises to power during this time and many people are tried, tortured and killed in the name of preserving the Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the elementary rules for survival in Italian society?

2. What is required within an Italian family?

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

4. What do the Sicilians call the Mafia? What do Mafia members think of themselves?

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

6. What is the fundamental reason for why the South will not narrow the gap between itself and the North?

7. What is one difference between Northerners and Southerners?

8. What do most Italians think of contemporary capitalism?

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

10. What do Italians think of life? What group of Italians may think differently? What do most Italians think of this group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The rules for survival in Italian society.

Part 1) What are these rules? How does one learn the rules? Why are they necessary?

Part 2) How does this reflect the Italians' view on life?

Part 3) How does this also reflect the philosophy of illusion and deception? How can these rules both help and hurt a family and society?

Part 4) How does this foreshadow powerful groups such as the Mafia?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Cola di Rienzo was a popular orator.

Part 1) Who was Cola di Rienzo? How did he become famous at the art of illusion?

Part 2) How was he important in Italian history? What message does his story send?

Part 3) Could he ever have been successful? Why or why not? What might he have done differently in his life to have avoided his fate?

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