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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 Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?
(a) A fire pit.
(b) A mess.
(c) A lump of coal.
(d) A mask.

2. What is "Antica Mole"?
(a) An important museum and cultural center.
(b) A tourist attraction.
(c) A trattoria near the narrator's new apartment.
(d) A canal near the narrator's new apartment.

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

4. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?
(a) A piece of ash.
(b) A piece of the chandelier.
(c) A piece of the curtain.
(d) A piece of scenery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?

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

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

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