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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Peaceful Invasion, The Eternal Pilgrimage, The Fatal Charm of Italy and The Importance of Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What still remains in Italy?
(a) Crusaders.
(b) An unexplained charm.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Unhappy visitors.

2. How do female visitors feel about Italian males?
(a) They are too confident.
(b) They are annoying.
(c) They are irresistible and charming.
(d) They are rude and ignorant.

3. Amidst all this spectacle and beauty, however, live the Italians, viewed by many as what?
(a) Beautiful and kind.
(b) Honest and straightforward.
(c) Deceitful, poor and dirty.
(d) Wealthy and powerful.

4. What was part of one's Italian education?
(a) The study of Italian politics.
(b) The study of Italian life and culture.
(c) The study of the Italian language.
(d) The study of Italy's art.

5. Upon arrival, what were nearly impossible to find?
(a) Friends.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Locals.
(d) Accommodations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The largest number of visitors come from where?

2. Italy is the seat of what?

3. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?

4. Whose knowledge of Italy's geography and culture is deep?

5. What drives the tourists to Italy?

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