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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "The Rat Man of Treviso".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport is Casson passionate about?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Football.

2. Which of the following gods does Lovato not mention in talking with the narrator about the interior of the Fenice?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Bacchus.

3. What does Loredan say the squalid pigeons are the symbolic heroes of?
(a) Democracy.
(b) The world of tourists.
(c) Hard workers.
(d) The common man.

4. What does Count Marcello insist Venetians never do?
(a) Walk to work.
(b) Sit on St. Mark's square.
(c) Lie.
(d) Tell the truth.

5. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?
(a) Rice.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Seeds.
(d) Bread crumbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Antica Mole"?

2. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

3. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?

4. What word does Woody Allen use to describe the devastation at the Fenice?

5. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

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