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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where do Venetian glassblowers traditionally work?
(a) On Tronchetto.
(b) On Giudecca.
(c) On San Michele.
(d) On Murano.
2. What does the narrator say is the most prominent feature of Felice Casson's face?
(a) A demanding look.
(b) His hooked nose.
(c) His glasses.
(d) A receding chin.
3. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?
(a) Neither of them.
(b) Both of them.
(c) The left.
(d) The right.
4. Which of the following gods does Lovato not mention in talking with the narrator about the interior of the Fenice?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Bacchus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Apollo.
5. In which quarter does the narrator take an apartment?
(a) Marghera.
(b) Cannaregio.
(c) Giudecca.
(d) Castello.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?
2. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?
3. What has Alistair McAlpine begun to collect?
4. Which reminders of "La Traviata, Rigoletto and Tancredi" were supposedly housed in the Fenice according to one of the dinner guests at the Carnival ball?
5. What is Giampaolo's view of glassmaking?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Count Marcello seem to believe about the fire and how does he back up his opinion?
2. How did Felice Casson establish himself as a hard-driving investigator?
3. What does the narrator say about Venice at the beginning of Chapter 2?
4. What does the Fenice custodian's attorney say about the panel of experts?
5. Who is the Rat Man of Treviso and what does he do? What's special about what he does?
6. What does Count Marcello tell the narrator during the prologue?
7. Describe the exchange between Ludovico De Luigi and Venice's mayor during the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto in Chapter 2.
8. How does the panel of experts come to the conclusion that the Fenice fire must not have been caused by arson?
9. Explain what Guerrino Lovato tells the narrator about the interior of the Fenice.
10. What examples does the narrator give for the public outpouring of support after the fire at the Fenice?
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