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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "For a Couple of Bucks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marchetti's girlfriend give the accidental statement that convinces Casson?
(a) She's scared because she's under investigation for perjury.
(b) She wants to implicate Carella to detract suspicion from Marchetti.
(c) She's scared because Casson has told her she's a suspect in the fire.
(d) She's worried that his parents may not survive the stress of Marchetti's incarceration.

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

3. Which of Henry James's works does Chapter 9, the story of the Rylands's involvement with Olga Rudge, revolve around?
(a) The Wings of the Dove.
(b) The Aspern Papers.
(c) The Wasteland.
(d) The Cantos.

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

5. Which of the following gods does Lovato not mention in talking with the narrator about the interior of the Fenice?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Bacchus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he's decided he'll live?

2. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?

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

4. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?

5. What did Giampaolo give each of his family members at his fiftieth birthday party?

(see the answer key)

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