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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. What animal does the narrator physically compare Venice to?
(a) A frog.
(b) A lion.
(c) A cat.
(d) A fish.

2. Why did Massimo Donadon give his company a German name?
(a) So the Venetians would think he was from an exotic country.
(b) Wernher von Braun, the man who designed the rockets that took men to the moon, was his hero.
(c) He thinks Germany seems solid, scientific, and efficient.
(d) His grandmother, to whom he owes his business, was German.

3. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) A museum of Venetian history.
(b) The Academy of Art.
(c) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.
(d) A fraternal order of monks.

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

5. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?
(a) A soldier's uniform.
(b) A gondolier's uniform.
(c) A fireman's uniform.
(d) A carabiniere's uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?

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

3. What do the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?

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

5. What does the narrator say the Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?

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