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

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

3. What was the floor in Rose and Peter's basement apartment previously made of?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Wood.
(c) Marble.
(d) Stone.

4. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) California.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?
(a) "Where are you going?"
(b) "Have you got a house?"
(c) "What's your favorite flower?"
(d) "Do you need a plant?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?

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

3. Who does the narrator say sells Signor Seguso's glass creations as a way of demonstrating his renown?

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

5. Which reminders of "La Traviata, Rigoletto and Tancredi" were supposedly housed in the Fenice according to one of the dinner guests at the Carnival ball?

(see the answer key)

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