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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is "Antica Mole"?

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