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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. What animal does the narrator physically compare Venice to?
(a) A lion.
(b) A fish.
(c) A frog.
(d) A cat.

2. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?
(a) Mockingbird.
(b) Gladio.
(c) Pegasus.
(d) Operation 40.

3. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The Fenice's general manager.
(c) The director of the restoration work at the Fenice.
(d) The mayor.

4. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?
(a) There was no motive for arson.
(b) Witnesses had come forward that had stated that they saw the fire start slowly.
(c) It appears that the beams in the lobby on the third level burned slowly.
(d) The construction site was so orderly and well-secured that no one could have gotten in.

5. What does Leonardo Corbo, the civil protection chief from Rome, say about the fire?
(a) From his vantage point, it looked like arson.
(b) The fire was clearly too much for the fire brigade.
(c) The panel of experts may never really know what happened.
(d) Fire leaves indelible traces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jane Rylands want painted into the portrait of Dadie Rylands she had commissioned?

2. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?

3. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?

4. Where does the narrator say he's decided he'll live?

5. What did Jane Rylands say to Harald Böhm, the sculptor who had helped Jane move the papers out of Olga's house?

(see the answer key)

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