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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Glass Warfare".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.
(b) The Academy of Art.
(c) A fraternal order of monks.
(d) A museum of Venetian history.

2. What word does Woody Allen use to describe the devastation at the Fenice?
(a) "Painful."
(b) "Unreal."
(c) "Disastrous."
(d) "Complete."

3. Why does Lovato oppose the building of a modern new opera house?
(a) The focus should be completely on the stage.
(b) It would damage the acoustics.
(c) It's important to preserve the experience that the architect created for the spectator.
(d) For aesthetic reasons.

4. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?
(a) A center for a fraternal order.
(b) A British embassy.
(c) A Doge's palace.
(d) A government building.

5. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?
(a) Because he never liked Venice.
(b) Because the Marghera now creates a lot of ecological problems.
(c) Because he had a mistress.
(d) Because he became wealthy through his hotel business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

2. Why does Giampaolo say he trademarked the name Archimede Seguso?

3. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?

4. What does the Count say would have to happen for him to let go of his anger?

5. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?

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