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

2. Whose house did Foscari and his team find beneath the Malibran Theater?
(a) Marco Polo's.
(b) Michaelangelo's.
(c) Amerigo Vespucci's.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci's.

3. Why does Lovato oppose the building of a modern new opera house?
(a) The focus should be completely on the stage.
(b) It would damage the acoustics.
(c) It's important to preserve the experience that the architect created for the spectator.
(d) For aesthetic reasons.

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

5. What statement does Gae Aulenti make upon hearing the news of her expulsion from the rebuilding project?
(a) "To my predecessor, thanks a lot."
(b) "To my successor, good luck."
(c) "To my fans, good night."
(d) "To my critics, I'm sorry."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Scattolin say will happen to the healthy pigeons?

2. What was the floor in Rose and Peter's basement apartment previously made of?

3. What does Ezra say "Her name was" in the last Canto?

4. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?

5. What sport is Casson passionate about?

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