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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. In which quarter does the narrator take an apartment?
(a) Castello.
(b) Marghera.
(c) Cannaregio.
(d) Giudecca.

2. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Twenty years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Ten years ago.
(d) Thirty years ago.

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

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

5. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?
(a) Venetian history.
(b) Art and artists.
(c) The history of the Marcello family.
(d) Italian history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

2. What do the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?

3. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?

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

5. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?

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