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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) Woody Allen.
(b) José Carreras.
(c) Franco Corelli.
(d) Plácido Domingo.

2. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?
(a) A fireman's uniform.
(b) A carabiniere's uniform.
(c) A soldier's uniform.
(d) A gondolier's uniform.

3. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Robert Frost.

4. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?
(a) He's surprised that mosquitoes can fly right through.
(b) He feels claustrophobic with screens on the windows.
(c) He'd like to have better access to the fresh air.
(d) He thinks the meshing is too fine to be effective.

5. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?
(a) A British embassy.
(b) A government building.
(c) A center for a fraternal order.
(d) A Doge's palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?

2. What does Count Marcello insist Venetians never do?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say the Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?

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