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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 Mayor Cacciari do to protect himself from accusations of bribery in the issue of the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) He decides to leave the decision up to the Prime Minister.
(b) He decides to outsource the decision of who will rebuild to a committee.
(c) He decides to confer the project in a lottery.
(d) He decides to open the project to competitive bids.

2. Why did Massimo Donadon give his company a German name?
(a) His grandmother, to whom he owes his business, was German.
(b) Wernher von Braun, the man who designed the rockets that took men to the moon, was his hero.
(c) He thinks Germany seems solid, scientific, and efficient.
(d) So the Venetians would think he was from an exotic country.

3. In which quarter does the narrator take an apartment?
(a) Marghera.
(b) Giudecca.
(c) Castello.
(d) Cannaregio.

4. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Sitting down to dinner.
(c) Getting ready for bed.
(d) Watching television.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the book, who invented the Bellini?

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

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

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

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