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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Illusion and Cagliostro, The Other Face of the Coin, Cola di Rienzo or the Obsession of Antiquity, and Mussolini or the Limitations of Showmanship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered an invaluable part of a person's education?
(a) Learning Italian.
(b) Studying Italy.
(c) Vacationing in Italy.
(d) Time spent in Italy.

2. In the 1950s, how many people visited Italy?
(a) Five billion.
(b) Twelve billion.
(c) Twelve million.
(d) Five million.

3. What must be done to raw nature?
(a) Studied.
(b) Left alone.
(c) Landscaped and formed into suitable forms and rituals.
(d) Destroyed.

4. When do tourists demonstrate the kind of behavior mentioned in number 7?
(a) When deciding to travel to Italy.
(b) Upon crossing over the border into Italy.
(c) When leaving Italy.
(d) Upon arriving in Rome.

5. Why was arrival by sea dangerous?
(a) Because of the risk of theft from a ship's captain.
(b) Because of rocky shores and limited docking space.
(c) Because of poorly-made vessels.
(d) Because of storms, ship's crew mutinies and pirates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do female visitors believe about Italian men?

2. To what other kind of music do visitors listen?

3. What is the biggest case of illusion?

4. Visitors drink vast and indiscriminate quantities of ____________.

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

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