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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. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?
(a) "Fire Magician."
(b) "Wizard of Fire."
(c) "The Glassmaker."
(d) "Maestro."

2. What did Olga say in the letter sent to the Cleveland attorney after she realized what had happened?
(a) She had reconsidered the sale of Ezra's personal belongings.
(b) She would fight until she got her house back.
(c) It was her firm intention to dissolve the "Ezra Pound Foundation".
(d) She had reconsidered the sale of her archive.

3. Which mask-making studio is well-respected, even among Venetians, according to the book?
(a) Carta Alta.
(b) Ca' Macana.
(c) TragiComica.
(d) Mondonovo.

4. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Salsa lessons.
(c) Watches.
(d) Chickens.

5. Whose house did Foscari and his team find beneath the Malibran Theater?
(a) Amerigo Vespucci's.
(b) Michaelangelo's.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci's.
(d) Marco Polo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?

2. Who is the "important" man the narrator sees on a water taxi at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. The narrator mentions a conflict over a statue that was to be given to the city of Venice in Chapter 15. Who is the statue of?

4. What kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?

5. What is Gino Seguso's view of glassmaking?

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