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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Open House".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What difference does Massimo Donadon claim to have made in the rat poison market?
(a) His rat poison contains peanut butter.
(b) His rat poison is based on what rats like to eat.
(c) His rat poison kills rats instantly.
(d) His rat poison is based on what people like to eat.

3. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?
(a) Witnesses had come forward that had stated that they saw the fire start slowly.
(b) There was no motive for arson.
(c) It appears that the beams in the lobby on the third level burned slowly.
(d) The construction site was so orderly and well-secured that no one could have gotten in.

4. In which quarter does the narrator take an apartment?
(a) Castello.
(b) Marghera.
(c) Cannaregio.
(d) Giudecca.

5. What does Nicola say he's discovered about Stefani?
(a) That he was never as loving as people made him out to be.
(b) That he was involved in dangerous games.
(c) That he was everyone's friend, but at the same time no one's friend.
(d) That he was a better poet than most people realize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fresco does the narrator go to look at once inside the Fenice?

2. Who was closest to Peggy Guggenheim when Philip and Jane befriended her?

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

4. When do the police say they'll arrest De Luigi?

5. What does Ezra say "Her name was" in the last Canto?

(see the answer key)

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