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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 kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?
(a) The egalitarian mentality.
(b) The democratic mentality.
(c) The Anglo-Saxon mentality.
(d) The Puritan mentality.

2. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?
(a) The left.
(b) Neither of them.
(c) Both of them.
(d) The right.

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

4. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?
(a) A "condono."
(b) A "magazzino."
(c) An air conditioner.
(d) Rat screens.

5. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he's come to Venice in February?

2. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?

3. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?

4. What do the Lauritzens do while talking that makes it difficult for the narrator to follow them?

5. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?

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