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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. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) California.
(d) Ohio.

2. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

3. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?
(a) Il Gazettino.
(b) Il Giornale.
(c) Corriere della Sera.
(d) La Repubblica.

4. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?
(a) A gondolier's uniform.
(b) A soldier's uniform.
(c) A fireman's uniform.
(d) A carabiniere's uniform.

5. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Thirty years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Twenty years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?

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

3. Why does the narrator say he's come to Venice in February?

4. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?

5. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?

(see the answer key)

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