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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. Another important faction in the geography of Italy is what?
(a) The island of Sicily.
(b) The island of Corsica.
(c) The island of England.
(d) The island of Wales.

2. Guicciardini served as _____________ and arrested and tortured those who disagreed with Papal decrees.
(a) A priest.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Governor.
(d) President.

3. There are visible signs of material advantages in the North, but there is always the danger of what?
(a) Economic collapse.
(b) Losing that advantage.
(c) Poverty and insecurity.
(d) Spiritual impoverishment and hedonism.

4. What did Giuseppe Balsamo call himself?
(a) Guiseppe Verdi.
(b) Giacomo Casanova.
(c) Baldassar Castiglione.
(d) Count Alessandro di Cagliostro.

5. What do most Italians think about contemporary capitalism?
(a) It is too difficult to understand.
(b) They do not understand it.
(c) It is worthless.
(d) It cannot be trusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. This bastion of security can have many positive facets but also can exhibit negatively in what?

2. What kind of behavior do tourists demonstrate?

3. Cardinal de Rohan of France believed that Cagliostro could do what?

4. What do Italians think about the rules of capitalism?

5. The fundamental reason that the South will not narrow the gap between itself and the North is what?

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