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

2. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?
(a) Both of them.
(b) Neither of them.
(c) The right.
(d) The left.

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

4. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?
(a) Remind the townspeople that this isn't the first major accident to happen this year.
(b) Absolve themselves of any wrongdoing.
(c) Call for the immediate building of a modern opera house.
(d) Blame the Mafia for the fire.

5. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?
(a) "Photo roulette."
(b) "Photo surprise."
(c) "Picture bingo."
(d) "Unplanned pics."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Contessa Marcello's main, immediate concern when she hears about the fire?

3. What is "Antica Mole"?

4. Where is Peter from originally?

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

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