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Italia Mia True or False

1. Why is Petrarch so crazy about Italy? -> It is his motherland
2. The Italian nobility seem to have love only for themselves. What does Petrarch suggest as a remedy to this egocentrism? -> That they drink from the Po
3. Petrarch tells his poem that it should speak with courtesy to its audience. Why? -> Because the audience wants light entertainment
4. Why does Petrarch ask the Italian nobility remember that "Death is at our backs"? -> He wants them to remember that they will face judgment.
5. Surely there are better things for the Italian nobility to do than destroy the land they should love. What does Petrarch suggest they turn to? -> Creating or writing something worthy

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