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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. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Thirty years ago.
(b) Twenty years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

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

3. During which period was the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli built?
(a) During the Baroque Era.
(b) During the Gothic Era.
(c) During the Renaissance Era.
(d) During the Colonial Era.

4. What object does a Sicilian prince bring to Signor Seguso in order to authenticate it?
(a) A glass horse.
(b) A glass bull.
(c) A glass vase.
(d) A glass urn.

5. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?
(a) A piece of the curtain.
(b) A piece of scenery.
(c) A piece of ash.
(d) A piece of the chandelier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?

2. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?

3. Why doesn't Venice use Donadon's rat poison?

4. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?

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

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