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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 does Philip Rylands do for a living?
(a) He is director of the Ezra Pound Foundation.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He is director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
(d) He is a scholar.

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

3. What is "Antica Mole"?
(a) A canal near the narrator's new apartment.
(b) A tourist attraction.
(c) A trattoria near the narrator's new apartment.
(d) An important museum and cultural center.

4. What has Jane Rylands done recently to anger Venetians?
(a) She's offended Princess Michael of Kent.
(b) She's pointed out that the Ezra Pound Foundation paid far less than market value for Olga's papers.
(c) She's published a book of short stories.
(d) She's published a book by Mary de Rachwiltz.

5. What was found in the remnants of the floorboards of the Fenice?
(a) Blowtorch marks.
(b) A remnant of a cigarette.
(c) Electrical sparks.
(d) A highly combustible solvent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the narrator physically compare Venice to?

2. What did Ezra ask Mary to do as an exercise that led to her lifelong study of his work?

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

4. Why is Nicola's lawyer suspicious of Gardin?

5. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

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