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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "The Rat Man of Treviso".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?
(a) Salsa lessons.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Watches.
(d) Fruit.

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

5. What has Alistair McAlpine begun to collect?
(a) Police truncheons.
(b) Boats.
(c) Neckties.
(d) Paintings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

3. What sport is Casson passionate about?

4. What was the floor in Rose and Peter's basement apartment previously made of?

5. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?

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