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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. What rises to power during this time and many people are tried, tortured and killed in the name of preserving the Church?
(a) The Medieval Inquisition.
(b) The Portuguese Inquisition.
(c) The Holy Inquisition.
(d) The Spanish Inquisition.

2. After serving two more popes, Guicciardini returns to Florence and acts as local henchman for the powerful_________________ family even though he despises them.
(a) Musciella.
(b) Menici.
(c) Medici.
(d) Moriarty.

3. In later years, people came to the cities of Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples to do what?
(a) Relax.
(b) Study.
(c) Celebrate.
(d) Eat.

4. What are these spirits destined to do?
(a) Protect the life of every Italian.
(b) Serve every Italian.
(c) Make the life of every Italian miserable.
(d) Bring good luck to every Italian.

5. Who found their way to Italy?
(a) Russians and Mongolians.
(b) Gauls and Britons.
(c) Franks and Saxons.
(d) Barbarians and religious pilgrims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polite lies and flattery are tools of the Italian people in order to do what?

2. From where is this man?

3. On what was Guicciardini more focused?

4. When might a family extend into extreme behavior?

5. What book did this author write?

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