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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. Who does Donadon claim to be old friends with?
(a) Santo Versace.
(b) Silvio Berlusconi.
(c) Luciano Benetton.
(d) Maurizio Gucci.

2. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?
(a) "Fire Magician."
(b) "The Glassmaker."
(c) "Wizard of Fire."
(d) "Maestro."

3. What does Ezra say "Her name was" in the last Canto?
(a) Courage.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Remembrance.
(d) Olga.

4. Which of Henry James's works does Chapter 9, the story of the Rylands's involvement with Olga Rudge, revolve around?
(a) The Wasteland.
(b) The Aspern Papers.
(c) The Wings of the Dove.
(d) The Cantos.

5. Who is the "important" man the narrator sees on a water taxi at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Aldo Rossi.
(b) Tonci Foscari.
(c) Gianni Agnelli.
(d) "Angel Face" Maniero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say De Luigi's painted flames match?

2. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?

3. What does Philip Rylands do for a living?

4. What does the fire expert Zucchetta think about the fire?

5. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?

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