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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. Which famous Sargent painting did Ariana Curtis refuse to accept as a gift?
(a) "An Interior in Venice."
(b) "Madame X."
(c) "Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Sargent Curtis."
(d) "Head of an Italian Woman."

2. What does the fire expert Zucchetta think about the fire?
(a) The Mafia had been talking about burning the Fenice so long, he's sure they did it.
(b) There are so many holes in Carella's story, he's sure Carella did it.
(c) There's so much at stake for the politicians that he's sure the electricians didn't do it, but the politicians want it to seem like they did.
(d) The scene at the Fenice before the fire was so chaotic he's sure it was negligence.

3. 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 Apollonian rooms.
(b) The acoustics.
(c) The Dionysian rooms.
(d) The Napoleonic royal box.

4. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) A museum of Venetian history.
(b) A fraternal order of monks.
(c) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.
(d) The Academy of Art.

5. Whose lawyer does Renato Carella hire for his own defense?
(a) Mayor Cacciari's.
(b) President Ciampi's.
(c) Prime Minister Dini's.
(d) Prime Minister Berlusconi's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?

2. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?

3. What does Count Marcello's speech to the board center around?

4. What does the graffiti the narrator begins to notice around Venice claim loneliness is?

5. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?

(see the answer key)

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