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Mafia Movies Midterm 1 Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2023, Exams of Advanced Education

A comprehensive study guide or exam preparation material for a course on mafia movies. It covers a wide range of topics related to the sicilian mafia, including key figures, events, concepts, and the representation of the mafia in american and italian cinema. Detailed information on various mafia-related terms, such as 'omerta', 'pentito', 'sfregio', 'black hand', and 'cosa nostra', as well as the historical context of the mafia's emergence and its relationship with italian unification and fascism. It also explores the portrayal of women in mafia narratives and the underlying social, political, and economic factors that shape the mafia's depiction in different cinematic traditions. A valuable resource for students studying the cultural, historical, and sociological aspects of the mafia, particularly in the context of film and media representations.

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Download Mafia Movies Midterm 1 Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2023 and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! Mafia Movies Midterm 1 Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2023 Giovanni Falcone - Correct Answer-magistrate murdered by Giovanni Brusca Tommaso Buscetta - Correct Answer--ex-mafioso who broke omerta' -first pentito Giuseppe di Matteo - Correct Answer-son of pentito; ordered to be strangled and dissolved in acid by Giovanni Brusca Notarbartolo - Correct Answer--first "eminent corpse" (victim of Sicily's elite) Joe Petrosino - Correct Answer-New York police officer who returned to Italy to fight the mafia; murdered in Palermo Cesare Mori - Correct Answer--appointed by Mussolini to fight war on organized crime Placido Rizzoto - Correct Answer--anti-mafia activist murdered by Luciano Leggio after WWII Luciano Leggio - Correct Answer--murdered Placido Rizzoto -became head of Cosa Nostra Salvatore Giuliano - Correct Answer--bandit -responsible for Portella della Ginestra massacre Omerta' - Correct Answer-silence before the law Pentito - Correct Answer-mafioso turned government source Sfregio - Correct Answer--disfiguring wound -insulting action Black Hand - Correct Answer-extortion Family/family - Correct Answer--Family = mafioso family -family = blood family -Family ties deeper than family ties The business of family - Correct Answer--mafia completely controls the private sphere According to Prince Fabrizio, why are Sicilians so sleepy? - Correct Answer-Wish fulfillment; wish for oblivion, death Italian Unification - Correct Answer-1860s (monarchy in 1861) What happens with the abolition of feudalism? - Correct Answer--privatization of capital -the government could not establish a monopoly on violence Transformism - Correct Answer--things must change if we want them to stay the same Why did Italian unification and the birth of the mafia occur at about the same time? - Correct Answer--abolition of feudalism -government couldn't retain a monopoly on violence Fascism and the mafia - Correct Answer--Mussolini: appointed Cesare Mori as prefect of Palermo to wage war on organized crime Representation of women in The Godfather and Placido Rizzoto - Correct Answer-- Apollonia - virginal, submissive, passive, virginal -Kay - modernized, independent, wears red -Lia - victimized, no one able to protect her, doesn't truly fight back until the end Why is the mafia a "men only society?" - Correct Answer--women excluded but central -homophobia - hatred of feminine qualities in men How are mafia initiates chosen? - Correct Answer-they are observed from a young age and selected early on What is "the first duty of a man?" (Siebert) - Correct Answer-to not be a woman How does Siebert define homophobia? - Correct Answer-the hatred of feminine qualities in men Who is "the most holy of mothers?" - Correct Answer-the world inside; a mother who is uniquely good; mammasantissima Difference between being and seeming - 2 examples - Correct Answer---being is the truth; it is blurred by perceptions of what may or may not be untruth (seeming) -"being a murderer can seem like having a passion for the truth" -not having a mistress because either she or the wife will eventually turn against him 3-component cycle in the mafia - Correct Answer-honor, shame, vendetta What is "transmission?" - Correct Answer-transmission of mafia culture; mother is authority, but father has authority