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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Sleepwalking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) José Carreras.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) Franco Corelli.
(d) Plácido Domingo.

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

3. What do the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?
(a) A look at the fallen mayor.
(b) Autographs.
(c) A couple of cigarettes.
(d) A tour of the wreckage.

4. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Greed.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Jealousy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?

2. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?

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

4. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?

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

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