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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Realism and Guicciardini, The Pursuit of Life, The Power of the Family and How to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Italy is the seat of what?
(a) Europe.
(b) Art history.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church.
(d) The Mediterranean.

2. Author Henry James claimed that the pleasure of Italy was inseparably tied to what?
(a) Its food.
(b) Its architecture.
(c) The human element.
(d) Its landscape.

3. Italians, like many other people, must one day realize what about life?
(a) It in the control of each individual.
(b) It is filled with joy and love.
(c) It is too short.
(d) It is pitiless and ugly with a constant struggle between hypocrisy and sincerity.

4. What does the author admit about most Italian girls and young women?
(a) They are loud and rude.
(b) They are uncontrollable.
(c) They are disturbingly beautiful.
(d) They are scary.

5. In return for protection, what does the family demand?
(a) Absolute loyalty and all wrongs must be avenged.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The third evil spirit is what?

2. What do female visitors believe about Italian men?

3. What is one book that reigns supreme in cases of conduct?

4. Upon arrival, what were nearly impossible to find?

5. Regarding the answer to number 99, what is this man's career?

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