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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Slow Burn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say gets up before dawn outside his window?
(a) The gondolier.
(b) The rats.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The fruit and vegetable dealer.

2. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) The Academy of Art.
(b) A museum of Venetian history.
(c) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.
(d) A fraternal order of monks.

3. Who does Count Marcello believe is responsible for the fire?
(a) Save Venice.
(b) The police.
(c) The government.
(d) The Mafia.

4. What does the narrator say is the most prominent feature of Felice Casson's face?
(a) A demanding look.
(b) His glasses.
(c) His hooked nose.
(d) A receding chin.

5. What do the Lauritzens do while talking that makes it difficult for the narrator to follow them?
(a) They keep changing the subject.
(b) They switch back and forth between English and Italian.
(c) They keep interrupting each other.
(d) They talk at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport is Casson passionate about?

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

3. Where does the Count Giuseppe Volpi live?

4. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?

5. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?

(see the answer key)

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