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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Last Canto".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?
(a) A piece of the chandelier.
(b) A piece of scenery.
(c) A piece of ash.
(d) A piece of the curtain.

2. What does the narrator note about the continuing relationship between Woody Allen and Mayor Cacciari since Allen had been charged with trespassing?
(a) Allen and the Mayor continued to be friends.
(b) The Mayor could no longer speak with Allen out of embarrassment over the incident.
(c) The Mayor officiated at Allen's wedding to Soon-Yi.
(d) The friendship had soured since the incident.

3. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Thirty years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Ten years ago.
(d) Twenty years ago.

4. Where do Venetian glassblowers traditionally work?
(a) On Tronchetto.
(b) On Murano.
(c) On Giudecca.
(d) On San Michele.

5. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?
(a) Count Girolamo Marcello.
(b) Count Giuseppe Volpi.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Signor Seguso.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?

2. Where does the narrator say he's decided he'll live?

3. What does Mayor Cacciari do to protect himself from accusations of bribery in the issue of the rebuilding of the Fenice?

4. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?

5. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?

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