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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Last Canto".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?
(a) Mayor Cacciari.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Pope John XXIII.
(d) Mussolini.

2. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) Franco Corelli.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) José Carreras.
(d) Plácido Domingo.

3. What did Ezra ask Mary to do as an exercise that led to her lifelong study of his work?
(a) Translate the Cantos into German.
(b) Translate the Cantos into Italian.
(c) Reprint the Cantos.
(d) Illustrate the Cantos.

4. Where does Mary de Rachwiltz live?
(a) On San Michele.
(b) In Venice.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In the South Tyrol.

5. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?
(a) They aren't convincing characters.
(b) They aren't honest.
(c) They aren't very educated.
(d) They aren't Venetian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Count Giuseppe Volpi live?

2. What does Leonardo Corbo, the civil protection chief from Rome, say about the fire?

3. What does the narrator say the Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?

4. What does Signor Seguso say his object is when he meets the narrator?

5. Why does Lovato oppose the building of a modern new opera house?

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