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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Signor Seguso's hands is "permanently cupped"?
(a) The left.
(b) Neither of them.
(c) Both of them.
(d) The right.

2. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?
(a) Il Gazettino.
(b) Il Giornale.
(c) Corriere della Sera.
(d) La Repubblica.

3. Why doesn't Venice use Donadon's rat poison?
(a) They don't trust Donadon.
(b) They are deeply suspicious of Germans.
(c) They only award contracts to the lowest bidder.
(d) They don't believe in Donadon's products.

4. According to the book, who invented the Bellini?
(a) Giovanni Bellini.
(b) Arrigo Cipriani.
(c) Giuseppe Cipriani.
(d) Harry's Bar.

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

6. What does Dr. Scattolin say will happen to the healthy pigeons?
(a) They will be taken to Rome.
(b) They will be released.
(c) They will be chloroformed.
(d) They will be castrated.

7. What has Alistair McAlpine begun to collect?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Police truncheons.
(c) Neckties.
(d) Boats.

8. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Mayor Cacciari.
(d) Pope John XXIII.

9. What kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?
(a) The Anglo-Saxon mentality.
(b) The egalitarian mentality.
(c) The Puritan mentality.
(d) The democratic mentality.

10. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?
(a) Archimede has always been a peacemaker, but Giampaolo always wanted to get away.
(b) Business is so important to the Segusos that it sometimes takes precedence over family.
(c) The Segusos are unlike any other glassmaking family.
(d) This is the first tragic rift in the family line.

11. What does Peter say the new structure of the Fenice will have to be made of?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Wood.
(c) Brick.
(d) Steel.

12. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?
(a) They aren't convincing characters.
(b) They aren't very educated.
(c) They aren't Venetian.
(d) They aren't honest.

13. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) Plácido Domingo.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) José Carreras.
(d) Franco Corelli.

14. Which reminders of "La Traviata, Rigoletto and Tancredi" were supposedly housed in the Fenice according to one of the dinner guests at the Carnival ball?
(a) The original casts' signatures.
(b) The handwritten original scores.
(c) The original sets.
(d) The original costumes.

15. Where does the narrator say he's decided he'll live?
(a) With a host family.
(b) In Lido.
(c) In a bed and breakfast.
(d) In an apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?

2. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?

3. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?

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

5. What does the narrator say the officials are quick to do at the meeting in the Ateneo Veneto?

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