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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problema Del Mezzogiorno, Sicily and the Mafia, Fornovo and After, The Perennial Baroque and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Southerner relies on what to achieve the same goals as the Northerners?
(a) Power.
(b) Education.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Illegal activities.

2. People in Southern Italy live more intense lives relying on their instincts but run what risk?
(a) Not being taken seriously.
(b) Spiritual impoverishment and hedonism.
(c) Poverty and insecurity.
(d) Losing what wealth they have.

3. Polite lies and flattery are tools of the Italian people in order to do what?
(a) Earn wealth.
(b) Perpetuate the necessary illusions.
(c) Be happy.
(d) Stay popular.

4. The Southerners work toward what?
(a) Through deception.
(b) Through the Church.
(c) The acquisition of power and influence.
(d) The acquisition of wealth.

5. Can the ordinary person worship amid such grandeur?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Usually.
(d) Frequently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes up the puzzling Problema del Mezzogiorno?

2. For most males, what activity is primary?

3. What entire city enacted deception?

4. In exchange for protection by the Mafia, what happens to people?

5. The core of Italian belief is that life is what?

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