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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brunetti questions the relationship between the acquaintance and the count due to the acquaintance's ______.
(a) Political views.
(b) Profession.
(c) Jurisdiction.
(d) Dislike of wealthy people.

2. Which acquaintance is spotted by Brunetti?
(a) Commissario Bianchi.
(b) Dr. Zorzi.
(c) Vice-Questore Bernini.
(d) Mezzo-soprano Verardi.

3. Santore plans for a performance of which great opera?
(a) Agamemnon in Rome.
(b) The Importance of Being Earnest.
(c) Camille.
(d) 42nd Street.

4. What criminal activity is related to Wellauer?
(a) Murder.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Libel.

5. What item in Lynch's apartment strikes Brunetti as odd?
(a) Lamp.
(b) Skylights.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Flooring.

6. What is the name of Wellauer's most recent wife?
(a) Artista.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Genevieve.
(d) Verona.

7. What royal titles are used by Paola's parents?
(a) Count and Countess.
(b) Viscount and Viscountess.
(c) Baron and Baroness.
(d) Duke and Duchess.

8. What opera was being performed at the theater?
(a) La Traviata.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Man of La Mancha.
(d) Phantom of the Opera.

9. Which canal did the funeral procession pass on its way to the graveyard?
(a) Linnie Canal.
(b) Canal Rialto.
(c) Coral Canal.
(d) Grand Canal.

10. Who had previously poisoned the victim?
(a) Rival.
(b) Wife.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Brother.

11. How much is Wellauer's estate worth?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 20 million.

12. What is the man's job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Art critic.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Musician.

13. What book is being ready by Santore?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) Death by Sword.

14. How many steps are there leading up to Brunetti's apartment?
(a) 94.
(b) 86.
(c) 103.
(d) 79.

15. The poison was contained in what item?
(a) Steak.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tarts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Signora Wellauer's daughter go to school?

2. What is the name of Brunetti's wife?

3. What is the name of the theater director?

4. Wellauer threatened to give damaging information about the women to which of the following?

5. What is the estimated number of people that had been backstage at the theater?

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