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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Sleepwalking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?
(a) "Have you got a house?"
(b) "Do you need a plant?"
(c) "What's your favorite flower?"
(d) "Where are you going?"

2. Who do the townspeople talking at Haig's Bar believe is responsible for the fire?
(a) The government.
(b) The police.
(c) Save Venice.
(d) The Mafia.

3. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?
(a) Rat screens.
(b) An air conditioner.
(c) A "magazzino."
(d) A "condono."

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 Doge's palace.
(c) A British embassy.
(d) A government building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?

2. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?

3. What is "Antica Mole"?

4. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?

5. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

(see the answer key)

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