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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Lauritzens do while talking that makes it difficult for the narrator to follow them?
(a) They talk at the same time.
(b) They keep interrupting each other.
(c) They switch back and forth between English and Italian.
(d) They keep changing the subject.

2. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) The gifts of Venice.
(d) Reality.

3. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?
(a) Because he had a mistress.
(b) Because the Marghera now creates a lot of ecological problems.
(c) Because he became wealthy through his hotel business.
(d) Because he never liked Venice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?

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

3. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?

4. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?

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

(see the answer key)

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