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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "At Water Level".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?
(a) Call for the immediate building of a modern opera house.
(b) Blame the Mafia for the fire.
(c) Remind the townspeople that this isn't the first major accident to happen this year.
(d) Absolve themselves of any wrongdoing.

2. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?
(a) The rhythm of the water.
(b) The rhythm of the wheel.
(c) The rhythm of Carnival.
(d) The rhythm of bella Italia.

3. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?
(a) "Photo roulette."
(b) "Picture bingo."
(c) "Unplanned pics."
(d) "Photo surprise."

4. What does Peter say the new structure of the Fenice will have to be made of?
(a) Brick.
(b) Wood.
(c) Steel.
(d) Concrete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say sells Signor Seguso's glass creations as a way of demonstrating his renown?

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

3. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?

4. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?

5. Who does Count Marcello believe is responsible for the fire?

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