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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "For a Couple of Bucks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many electricians were in the Fenice after the rest of the reconstruction staff had gone home?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

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

3. What does Ezra say "Her name was" in the last Canto?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Courage.
(c) Remembrance.
(d) Olga.

4. Which spaceship lift-off does Ralph Curtis play for the narrator?
(a) Apollo 12.
(b) Apollo 15.
(c) Apollo 14.
(d) Apollo 11.

5. Which part of the Palazzo do the Curtises sell in Chapter 8?
(a) The upper apartments.
(b) The piano nobile.
(c) The ballroom.
(d) The wine cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?

2. What does Giampaolo say he's good at when it comes to glassblowing?

3. Why doesn't Venice use Donadon's rat poison?

4. What kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?

5. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?

(see the answer key)

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