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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. Brunetti walks into one of the dressing rooms at the theater to find which character?

2. Brunetti learns that Flavia became a superstar after her first appearance as a(n):

3. Where does Brunetti agree to meet this person?

4. What is the name of Wellauer's oldest friend?

5. What kind of vitamins were supposedly taken by Wellauer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brunetti learn by reviewing the autopsy reports? How does Wellauer's ex-husband fit into the case?

2. What was the nature of Santina's professional relationship with Wellauer? How did the relationship end?

3. Who does Brunetti call with the hopes of getting personal inside information on Wellauer?

4. What is the point of Brunetti's visit to Dr. Treponti? What does Brunetti learn about Wellauer during the meeting?

5. What did Wellauer do after his wife confessed to poisoning him and causing the substantial hearing loss?

6. Brunetti goes back to Clemenza's apartment. What is the nature of the visit? What does Brunetti learn?

7. Discuss the scene in which Wellauer's second wife was found. What happened?

8. What became of Santina's sisters?

9. Discuss the interaction between Brunetti, Dami, and Signorina Antonia.

10. What information does Dami give to Brunetti regarding Flavia Petrelli's ex-husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brunetti and Vice-Questore Patta have a rocky relationship. Compare and contrast the jobs of the men as well as their personalities. What might make the relationship better? Is there any problem with authority? How might you handle the situation if you were Brunetti? Patta? Explain how Patta views Brunetti and his work as the commissario. Explain Brunetti's opinion of Patta, personally and as Vice-Questore.

Essay Topic 2

Maestro Helmut Wellauer was a world renowned conductor and musician. Study the job of a conductor. Why is being a conductor much more difficult than being a music director or musician? What special training is involved? Do you think Wellauer's job was the most important in the orchestra? Explain. What might happen if there had not been a replacement conductor in the theater? Would the performance continue? Who would decide how to handle the situation? Also explain the important relationship between Wellauer, the musicians, stagehands, and actors.

Essay Topic 3

Wellauer went to his friend Erich Steinbrunner for a hearing test. The results were that Wellauer had lost less than 10% of his hearing. What was the most likely cause according to Steinbrunner? Treponti performed the same test and came up with drastically different results. Considering the background information in the text, give your opinion on how the results could be so different. Was it incompetence, or something else? How did Wellauer react to the news? What could be done to help the hearing loss? Was there any cure for Wellauer's issue? How would it continue to affect Wellauer's life and career?

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