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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

3. What is Gino Seguso's view of glassmaking?
(a) He's a traditionalist.
(b) He believes only artists should make glass.
(c) He believes that family is more important than glassmaking.
(d) He's a daring designer.

4. Where do Venetian glassblowers traditionally work?
(a) On San Michele.
(b) On Tronchetto.
(c) On Murano.
(d) On Giudecca.

5. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

6. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?
(a) Count Girolamo Marcello.
(b) Signor Seguso.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Count Giuseppe Volpi.

7. What does Rose suggest to the narrator would include the "more earthy side to Carnival"?
(a) The Festival of Santo Stefano.
(b) The Erotic Poetry Festival.
(c) The Venice Film Festival.
(d) The Festival of Saturnalia.

8. Why did Massimo Donadon give his company a German name?
(a) He thinks Germany seems solid, scientific, and efficient.
(b) Wernher von Braun, the man who designed the rockets that took men to the moon, was his hero.
(c) His grandmother, to whom he owes his business, was German.
(d) So the Venetians would think he was from an exotic country.

9. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?
(a) He thinks the meshing is too fine to be effective.
(b) He feels claustrophobic with screens on the windows.
(c) He'd like to have better access to the fresh air.
(d) He's surprised that mosquitoes can fly right through.

10. What does Giampaolo say he's good at when it comes to glassblowing?
(a) He's a good director.
(b) He's always been a technical master.
(c) He's a good soloist.
(d) He's at his best when he's teaching his sons.

11. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?
(a) "Noble."
(b) "Paradox."
(c) "Grandiose."
(d) "Important."

12. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?
(a) A fireman's uniform.
(b) A gondolier's uniform.
(c) A carabiniere's uniform.
(d) A soldier's uniform.

13. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The Fenice's general manager.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The director of the restoration work at the Fenice.

14. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) California.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Illinois.

15. Which of the following gods does Lovato not mention in talking with the narrator about the interior of the Fenice?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Bacchus.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?

2. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?

3. What do the Lauritzens do while talking that makes it difficult for the narrator to follow them?

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

5. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?

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