Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The cosca, often associated with the structure of Mafia organizations, is designed to be adaptable and efficient, not necessarily an inflexible bureaucracy. Its hierarchical but flexible structure allows for quick decision-making and adaptability to changing circumstances.

Question 2

Excesses at home, a vigorous government response, and the increasing number of informers have weakened the Mafia.

Accepted Answer

The statement correctly states that excesses at home, a vigorous government response, and the increasing number of informers have weakened the Mafia.

Question 3

While burglary and other remunerative felonies were not neglected, extortion was the Camorra's principal industry.

Accepted Answer

The sentence explicitly states that extortion was the Camorra's principal industry.

Question 4

Which of the following means protection against the arrogance of the powerful, remedy to any damage, sturdiness of body, strength and serenity of spirit, and the best and most exquisite part of life?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

The 'Ndrangheta exhibits its criminal skills in all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The 'Ndrangheta is known for its involvement in kidnapping, extortion, and international arms trafficking, so none of these options are excluded from their criminal activities.

Question 6

Who did Mussolini send to take down the Mafia?

Accepted Answer

Mussolini sent Prefect Cesare Mori to take down the Mafia during his regime in Italy. Luiana Leggio and Vito Genovese were both Italian-American mafia bosses who operated in the United States, while Giuseppe Garibaldi was a 19th-century Italian nationalist and general.

Question 7

The New Mafia has a membership in excess of five thousand.

Accepted Answer

The question states that "The New Mafia has a membership in excess of five thousand". "In excess of" means more than, so the answer is true.

Question 8

Which of the following was the last of the old-style capomafiosi?

Accepted Answer

Don Calò was known as the last of old-style capomafiosi, he died in 1978. Leggio and Genovese were both influential mobsters, but not the last of the old-style capomafiosi. Garibaldi was a 19th-century Italian general and politician and has no connection to the mafia.

Question 9

Members of the 'Ndrangheta must do what to be admitted?

Accepted Answer

Members of the 'Ndrangheta must take a blood oath to be admitted.

Question 10

As a result of the assassinations of government officials, the New Mafia has gained the support of important elements of Italian society.

Accepted Answer

The statement is speculative and lacks specific evidence or context to confirm the New Mafia's gain of support within Italian society due to assassinations of government officials. Historically, such acts have often led to public outrage and crackdowns on organized crime rather than societal support.

Question 11

______________ is a Sicilian-Arabic term meaning to protect and to act as guardian.

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Question 12

In 1860, Italy was freed of foreign rule and united by:

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Question 13

______________rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

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Question 14

_______ are very violent; their major source of income derives from trafficking in economic migrants, women, children, drugs, contraband, weapons, and automobiles.

Accepted Answer

Albanian Crime Groups are known for their involvement in various illegal activities, including trafficking in economic migrants, women, children, drugs, contraband, weapons, and automobiles, and are considered very violent.

Question 15

Mussolini's rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

Accepted Answer

Mussolini's fascist regime aimed to eliminate organized crime in Italy, which included cracking down on the Mafia. This led to many Mafia members fleeing to the United States and taking over Italian-American organized crime networks.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

There are female bosses in the Camorra, such as Rosetta Cutolo and Maria Licciardi, who have led some of the most powerful clans in Naples.

Question 17

Salvatore Riina is known by what name?

Accepted Answer

Salvatore Riina is known by the nickname "the Beast" due to his brutal and violent actions as the head of the Sicilian Mafia.

Question 18

The Mafia has little voting strength in Sicily.

Accepted Answer

The Mafia has historically had significant influence and control in Sicily, including political and voting power.

Question 19

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

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Question 20

Which of the following is not a type of criminal organization in Italy?

Accepted Answer

The Outfit is a criminal organization based in Chicago, not in Italy. The other three options are all Italian criminal organizations.

Quiz 5: Italian Organized Crime and the Albanian Connection