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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Count Giuseppe Volpi live?
(a) In Santa Croce.
(b) On the Giudecca.
(c) In Cannaregio.
(d) In Castello.

2. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?
(a) The history of the Marcello family.
(b) Venetian history.
(c) Italian history.
(d) Art and artists.

3. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?
(a) Cornmeal.
(b) Rice.
(c) Bread crumbs.
(d) Seeds.

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

5. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Five years ago.
(b) Ten years ago.
(c) Thirty years ago.
(d) Twenty years ago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

3. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?

4. What kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?

5. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?

(see the answer key)

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