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During the postwar era,many Sicilian Mafiosi were forced into "internal exile" to live in which of the following cities?


A) ​Naples
B) ​Rome
C) Florence
D) ​Venice

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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In contrast to the old Mafia,the Nuovo Mafia has never assassinated investigative,judicial,or political officials,nor members of clergy.

A) True
B) False

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The principal industry of the Neapolitan Camorra during the years following WWII was:​


A) ​kidnapping.
B) ​sex-trafficking.
C) extortion.
D) ​international arms smuggling.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The New Mafia has a membership in excess of how many members?​


A) ​5,000
B) ​10,000
C) 15,000
D) ​20,000

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The traditional Sicilian Mafia pursued _____________,not wealth.​

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The end of World War II brought a Mafia renaissance in the United States as a void in local leadership was filled by former capomafiosi.​

A) True
B) False

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In contrast to the Mafia,the Camorra and 'Ndrangheta permit which group to participate directly in their criminal activities?​


A) ​women
B) ​children
C) Asians
D) ​Africans

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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To a mafioso,rispetto is:


A) ​a demonstration of affection.
B) ​a show of good manners.
C) an acknowledgement of power.
D) ​a representation of protection.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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At the end of World War II,which group emerged?


A) ​the Camorra
B) ​the Firm
C) the Nuovo Mafia
D) ​the Mezzogiorno

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Immediately following World War II,which crimes did the Cosa Nostra resort to,in order to accumulate the capital necessary to be a player in the heroin and cocaine marketplaces?​


A) ​extortion and smuggling
B) ​murder hits and money laundering
C) robbery and kidnapping
D) ​prostitution and gambling

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The cosca's rigid organization makes it an inflexible bureaucracy.​

A) True
B) False

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According to the text,which of the following was the last of the old-style capomafiosi,characterized by his modesty in both dress and speech?​


A) ​Don Calò
B) ​Luciano Leggio
C) Vito Genovese
D) ​Giuseppe Garibaldi

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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According to your text,every Mafioso demands what?​


A) ​extortion money
B) ​rispetto
C) capomafioso
D) ​blood money

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples are ruled by a woman.​

A) True
B) False

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'Ndrangheta structure is based on blood and family relationships,headed by a _____________ and including virtually all of his relatives,children,siblings,cousins,and grandchildren.​

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What is another name for the 'Ndrangheta?​


A) Sicilian Mafia​
B) ​Corsican Mafia
C) Calabrian Mafia
D) ​Albanian Mafia

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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What is the Albanian connection to Italian organized crime?​

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Which crime groups are very violent criminal organizations,in which their major source of income is derived from trafficking in economic migrants,women,children,drugs,contraband,weapons,and automobiles?​


A) ​Italian crime groups
B) ​Mexican crime groups
C) Albanian crime groups
D) ​Yugoslavian crime groups

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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According to Luigi Barzini,which level of organization within the Mafia consists of a group of several families who come together to form a cosca?​


A) ​the first level
B) ​the second level
C) the third level
D) ​the fourth level

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Once initiated into the cosca,the mafioso became a compadre,a practice based on the custom of fictional kinship or godparenthood.

A) True
B) False

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