The City of Falling Angels Test | Final Test - Hard

John Berendt
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 198 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The City of Falling Angels Test | Final Test - Hard

John Berendt
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 198 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Count Marcello's speech to the board center around?

2. What is Gae Aulenti known for?

3. What does Gardin do each time a message is written on his wife's shop window?

4. What does da Mosto tell the narrator they will be able to recreate now that they found the architectural plans drawn up in 1836?

5. What does Philip Rylands do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Gilberto Paggiaro has told Casson that he did from the moment he set out on his rounds at 8:30 to when he greeted the policeman in front of the opera house.

2. Describe the Rylands's involvement with Peggy Guggenheim.

3. Describe the evidence the narrator presents against Gardin's theories.

4. Explain the allegations against Renato Carella and how his story finally ends in Chapter 14.

5. Describe Larry Lovett and his position with Save Venice.

6. Describe Mario Stefani and his role within Venice.

7. Explain the situation that occurs with the seagull and the pigeon while the narrator is talking to Ludovico De Luigi at the beginning of Chapter 10 and its significance.

8. Describe Gianpietro Zucchetta's view of the fire and Casson's investigation.

9. Describe Bob Guthrie and his position with Save Venice.

10. Describe the story of Daniel Curtis's expatriation to Venice.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the Lauritzens "magazzino" as an example, explain the differences between the Venetian and Anglo-Saxon mentalities as described in Chapter 3.

Essay Topic 2

Using what you know about his uncovering of Gladio, explain how Felice Casson is presented in the book as being a bearer of justice.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the outcome of De Luigi's vandalism of the Fenice mural at the rebuilding site differs from what he expected and how the policeman's comment to De Luigi is significant for the rest of the story.

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