2. What were the (3) reasons for fascism's rise in Italy?

1) fascism was associated with futurism (aesthetic movement born in 1909: Marinetti´s Futurist manifesto in Parisian Le Figaro) that preached total separation with the past (typical for underdeveloped countries as Italy at that time), 2) fascism is a movement based on mobilization of the masses (typical for late 19th-century and 20th-century Europe). Masses were mobilized against traditional elites (clergy and aristocracy, monarchy) to bring about a "new society", "better society", 3) in Italian case fascism was a movement that not only promised better future and better society but also unified all the country at that time.

Explanation: all above can be applied especially on fascism-movement or fascism-theory. The passage from movement/theory to regime/practice is something a bit different.