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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Glass Warfare".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Giampaolo say he trademarked the name Archimede Seguso?
(a) To protect it from being diluted when other designers created pieces under his brand name.
(b) To protect his sons' portion of the family inheritance.
(c) To protect his interest in the sale of his father's glass.
(d) To protect it from being used by Gino after his father's death.

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 had a mistress.
(c) Because he never liked Venice.
(d) Because he became wealthy through his hotel business.

3. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?
(a) Archimede has always been a peacemaker, but Giampaolo always wanted to get away.
(b) Business is so important to the Segusos that it sometimes takes precedence over family.
(c) The Segusos are unlike any other glassmaking family.
(d) This is the first tragic rift in the family line.

4. How many doges were in Alvise Loredan's family?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Alistair McAlpine begun to collect?

2. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

3. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?

4. What object does a Sicilian prince bring to Signor Seguso in order to authenticate it?

5. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?

(see the answer key)

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