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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. Of the marriage application investigations Lewis has completed by April 5, 1944 how many of the Italian women turned out to be prostitutes?
2. Lewis visits Loreto in the hospital and is told by the nurse taking care of him that Loreto will last how long, at the most?
3. As Lewis arrives in Benevento he notes that the whole population of the city is dressed in black because it is custom to wear mourning for how long after a family death?
4. When Lewis visits the suburb in "July 1944" he says that this is where which of the following emperors of Rome murdered his mother?
5. As part of the A-Force's plan to use venereal disease (STD) as a weapon, Lewis says that a number of prostitutes are rounded up and taken on a day trip where?
Short Essay Questions
1. What situation does Lewis encounter when he travels to San Sebastiano to investigate conditions there after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
2. What result does Lewis find when he interviews Contessa della Peruta, who has applied to marry a British man?
3. Why are the Neapolitan prostitutes unhappy when they learn about the A-Force's idea to use them against the Germans in Rome?
4. When Lewis talks about his friend Lattarullo's part-time job as an "uncle from Rome" for funeral services, how does he say his friend accomplishes this?
5. After Domenico Lupo begins to annoy the Allies by attacking military supply trains, how is he finally found and arrested?
6. What is the difference between Neapolitan architecture and that of Pozzuoli, as discussed in "July 1944"?
7. What attitude does Vittorio Fortuna have when Lewis arrests him, and what reason might there be for his attitude?
8. During April 1944 what reason does Lewis give for the huge number of prostitutes in Naples?
9. After Frazer is posted and his relationship with Signora Lola ends Lewis mentions that Lola and her friend will be going to the island of Capri to "deflate." What is meant by this?
10. What frustration does Eric Williams have during the Feast of the Lily in Nola?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain and analyze the change in Neapolitan behavior as autumn approaches. How do their activities differ based on the seasonal change, and why? Be sure to include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the two main reasons why Lewis and his fellow British officers are assigned to the American unit in Italy. Include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Explore and explain Lewis' relationship with the wily Lattarullo; cite three examples that illustrate their relationship and be sure to include supporting information from the text.
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