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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) Absolve themselves of any wrongdoing.
(d) Remind the townspeople that this isn't the first major accident to happen this year.

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

3. Who does Count Marcello believe is responsible for the fire?
(a) Save Venice.
(b) The police.
(c) The government.
(d) The Mafia.

4. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Beauty.
(c) The gifts of Venice.
(d) Reality.

5. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Contessa Marcello's main, immediate concern when she hears about the fire?

2. What does Count Marcello insist Venetians never do?

3. Where is Peter from originally?

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

5. What is "Antica Mole"?

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