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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "The Man Who Loved Others".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aldo Rossi insist on being addressed?
(a) "Voi."
(b) "Signor."
(c) "Tu."
(d) "Lei."

2. What did Giampaolo give each of his family members at his fiftieth birthday party?
(a) A glass egg.
(b) A glass bowl.
(c) A glass bull.
(d) A glass vase.

3. Why does Guthrie tell Lovett that he "...titled himself into oblivion"?
(a) Lovett's title doesn't really exist.
(b) Lovett has so many titles that no one takes him seriously anymore.
(c) Guthrie's title doesn't really exist.
(d) Guthrie has so many titles that no one takes him seriously anymore.

4. During which period was the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli built?
(a) During the Gothic Era.
(b) During the Baroque Era.
(c) During the Renaissance Era.
(d) During the Colonial Era.

5. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?
(a) Count Giuseppe Volpi.
(b) Signor Seguso.
(c) Count Girolamo Marcello.
(d) Mussolini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philip Rylands do for a living?

2. What does the narrator find at the Beinecke Library in New Haven that surprises him?

3. Which reminders of "La Traviata, Rigoletto and Tancredi" were supposedly housed in the Fenice according to one of the dinner guests at the Carnival ball?

4. When do the police say they'll arrest De Luigi?

5. What does Rose suggest to the narrator would include the "more earthy side to Carnival"?

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