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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "Beware of Falling Angels".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Count Marcello's speech to the board center around?
(a) Lovett's incompetence.
(b) Guthrie's incompetence.
(c) The organization's image in Venice.
(d) His reasons for his impending resignation.

2. What does da Mosto tell the narrator they will be able to recreate now that they found the architectural plans drawn up in 1836?
(a) The Napoleonic royal box.
(b) The acoustics.
(c) The Apollonian rooms.
(d) The Dionysian rooms.

3. What word does Woody Allen use to describe the devastation at the Fenice?
(a) "Unreal."
(b) "Painful."
(c) "Disastrous."
(d) "Complete."

4. What did Ezra ask Mary to do as an exercise that led to her lifelong study of his work?
(a) Reprint the Cantos.
(b) Translate the Cantos into German.
(c) Translate the Cantos into Italian.
(d) Illustrate the Cantos.

5. What does the narrator say the Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?
(a) A mess.
(b) A fire pit.
(c) A lump of coal.
(d) A mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird attacks the pigeon while the narrator is talking to Ludovico De Luigi at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. Which mask-making studio is well-respected, even among Venetians, according to the book?

3. What does Giampaolo compare Murano to in talking about creativity?

4. What does the narrator say De Luigi's painted flames match?

5. Which prize was offered to Lawrence Dow Lovett in Chapter 12?

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