How well do you know your mob bosses and gangsters? Take our organized crime quiz.

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Vincent Curatola (l.) who plays New York mob boss Johnny Sack, and James Gandolfini, who plays Tony Soprano, appear in the season finale of HBO's 'The Sopranos,' in this undated photo. (Abbot Genser/HBO/AP/File)

Crime groups including the Mafia have long provoked both fear and fascination. Sometimes mob bosses have risen to wield extraordinary power – seemingly out of reach of the law – in cities in the US and beyond. And often they fall just as spectacularly. Here's a quiz that will test (and elevate) your street smarts in the world of "wise guys."

- Mark Trumbull, Staff writer

1. Joe Pistone ('Donnie Brasco') is known in the realm of organized crime for which of the following?

Posing as a jewelry thief from 1976 to 1981, Mr. Pistone was able to give the FBI a window into the inner workings of the Mafia in New York and other states. His effort, at high personal risk, ultimately led to more than 100 federal convictions.

Posing as a jewelry thief from 1976 to 1981, Mr. Pistone was able to give the FBI a window into the inner workings of the Mafia in New York and other states. His effort, at high personal risk, ultimately led to more than 100 federal convictions.

Posing as a jewelry thief from 1976 to 1981, Mr. Pistone was able to give the FBI a window into the inner workings of the Mafia in New York and other states. His effort, at high personal risk, ultimately led to more than 100 federal convictions.

Posing as a jewelry thief from 1976 to 1981, Mr. Pistone was able to give the FBI a window into the inner workings of the Mafia in New York and other states. His effort, at high personal risk, ultimately led to more than 100 federal convictions.