Italian Culture 2500 Quiz 1

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Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

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Sicilian author that wrote The Leopard about the Risorgimento.

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Don Fabrizio (Salina)

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The Prince

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Concetta

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Eldest daughter of Fabrizio that was in love with Tancredi.

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Don Calogero

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The Mayor. Angelica's father who rose in power on his own accord with property. He was of lower-class blood and therefore did not know upper-class norms.

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Tancredi

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Fabrizio's nephew that he loved more than his own sons.

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Don Onofrio Rotolo

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One of the rare persons held in esteem by the Prince, and perhaps the only one who had never cheated him. The Salina family's local steward that cared for the Donnafugata palace.

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Ciccio Tumeo

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The cathedral organist who hunts with the Prince.

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Donnafugata

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Baroque palace with women, wine, and luxury.

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Father Pirrone

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Donnafugata's priest.

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Stella

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The Princess of Donnafugata. Puts up with Fabrizio's disloyalty and truly loves him.

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Chevalley di Monterzuolo

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Secretary to the Prefecture who wanted to talk to Fabrizio. Who was uncomfortable being in Sicily.

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Count Cavriaghi

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Tancredi's Milanese friend from the Piedmontese Cavalry that he brought with him to pair with Concetta who did not return any liking.

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Death Motif

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The trip to Donnafugata represents Fabrizio's life ultimately leading to death. Sicilians' sensuality, laziness, and crime is all for death. Fabrizio constantly thinks about death and how is a purely intellectual concept for Tancredi and Angelica. The last chapter is death. The end of the Old Italy.

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Risorgimento

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(1815-1860) Uprising for Italian Unification starting with the Congress of Vienna/Napoleonic rule and ending around the time of the Franco-Prussian War. Two prominent radical figures were Mazzini and Garibaldi. Two conservative/monarchical leaders were Cavour and Emmanuele II.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Joined Carbonari insurrection that failed causing him to flee to South America for 14 yrs. He returned as a commander during the Risorgimento. Dedicated his life to Italian liberation from Austria. Played important role in the Second Italian War of Independence. Gathered i mille (the redshirts) landing in Sicily in 1960.

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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Italian philosopher and politician. Organized La Giovine Italia to promote Italian unity with the motto 'God and the People.' Participated in the First and Second Italian Wars of Independence.

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Count Cavour

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Leader in Italian unification and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piemonte-Sardegna. Founder of the Italian Liberal Party. Helped reform Piemonte region economically. 1st Prime Minister of Italy. Supported GB, France, and Ottomans against Russian in Crimean War (1953).

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Massimo d'Azeglio

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Piedmontese aristocrat. Member of Political cabinet under Vittorio Emmanule II. Did not particularly like Garibaldi's ideals.

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Vittorio Emmanuele II

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King of Piemonte-Sardegna-Savoy from 1849-1860. 1st King of the United Italy (1861). Asked d'Azeglio and Cavour to be Prime Minister under him.

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The "Handshake of Teano"

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October 26, 1860 meeting between Emmanuele and Garibaldi. Officially accepting Emmanuele as the first King of the Unified Italy.

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The First Italian War of Independence

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1948 between the Kingdom of Sardegna and the Austrian Empire. Austrians defeated the Piemontese in the Battles at Custoza and Novara. A peace treaty was however signed in 1949 by Vittorio Emmanuele II.

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The Second Italian War of Independence

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In 1959, fought by Napoleon III and Kingdom of Piemonte-Sardegna against Austrian Empire. After Cavour attained help from allies in Crimean War against Russia. Basically traded Nice and Savoy with France for their help in defeating Austria.

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Battle of Solferino

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(1859) Victory for Napoleon III and Emmanuele II's Sardinian army against Austria. Considered a crucial step in the Risorgimento. These gruesome battles eventually led to the Geneva Conventions and the International Red Cross.

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Carbonari

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Secret society during the early 19th century of the young with ideas of advancing unification (liberal). Ideas originated from French Revolution. Members included Garibaldi and Mazzini.

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King Umberto I

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Son of Vittorio Emmanuele II. Became king of Italy in 1978. Assassinated by an anarchist two years after a much debated massacre in Milan two years earlier. Favored colonialism into Eritrea and Somalia.

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Agostino Depretis

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Disciple of Mazzini and member of La Giovine Italia. In 1860 he went to Sicily reconciling the Cavour's policies with Garibaldi. Prime Minister that supported the Triple alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy. Transformismo-- made deals with oposing parties in order to get votes, governing for his own corrupt agenda. Many immigrants into Italy at this time.

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Francesco Crispi

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Prime Minister after Depretis in late 1880s and 90s. Strongly against Fasci Siciliani. Established authority in the state separate from religion.

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Giovanni Giolitti

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Prime Minister five times between 1892 and 1921. During his time there were 4 million emigrants. He improved working conditions. Supported the Ottoman war in Libya.

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Filippo Marinetti

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Founder of the Futurist Movement. Known as the iconoclast. Demanded fearlessness, risk, speed, and danger. Claimed the middle class should flourish. Avantgarde style art influenced by cubism and German expressionism.

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Luchino Visconti

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Directed the film The Leopard

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Edmondo De Amici

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Wrote "Cuore" during the Italian unification with many patriotic themes. Illustrated strong Italian nationalism and was translated into many other languages.

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Giovanni Verga

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Wrote "Rosso Malpelo"

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Giosue Carducci

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First Italian poet to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1906).

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Aldo Palazzeschi

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"Man of Smoke (1911)." From bourgeios family in Florence. Became fervent Futurist after meeting Marinetti.

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Alberini

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Credited with making some sort of video camera which he used to make a short, silent, black and white film about Garibaldi "La Presa di Roma."

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The Art Manifesto

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Associated with Futurism and Avantgarde. Looked for extreme shock with meaning in free expression.

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Metternich

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International Conference after Napoleon was defeated.

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The Statuto

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Constitution of King Charles Albert I for the Kingdom of Piemonte-Sardegna eventually becoming the constitution for Italy until 1948.

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XX September

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Rome becomes the capital of Italy.

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The Two Kingdoms of Sicily

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The largest, richest, and most important kingdom during the reunification. Consisted of the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily. Eventually annexed by the Kingdom of Piemonte-Sardegna making it Italy.