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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When told to tidy up the black market situation Lewis investigates Vittorio Fortuna, a pharmacist known to traffic illegally in what medication?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Amphetamine.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Benzedrine.

2. When discussing the customary pilgrimage to the shrine of Cybele, Lewis says that it has been a custom for how long?
(a) 300 years.
(b) 2000 years.
(c) 600 years.
(d) 1500 years.

3. Lewis notes in his November 25, 1943 entry that there is an aversion in Italy to bothering which of the following species of bird?
(a) Heron.
(b) Stork.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Magpie.

4. When discussing incredible feats of piracy, Lewis says that what objects have been stolen from the region of Agropoli?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Trams.
(c) Ships.
(d) Cars.

5. Lewis travels to Pomigliano to arrest Mussolini's former Press Secretary, a man by what name?
(a) Matteotti.
(b) Finzi.
(c) Piscitelli.
(d) Rossi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Neapolitans serve a banquet to welcome General Mark Clark--who likes fish--the main course was what?

2. When Lewis discusses Neapolitan vendettas he says that which of the following individuals told him about this, or else he would not know?

3. When Lattarullo gives Lewis information about the Neapolitan doctor with the stolen Fiat, Lewis taken him to lunch. Which of the following is Lattarullo offered on the way to eat?

4. Whitsun draws near in "May 1944." Lewis says it is also known in Naples as the Easter of what?

5. As Lewis discusses the "Robin Hood" tradition in the Zona di Camorra he notes that the main example is Domenico Lupo; what explanation does Lewis give for the man's name?

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