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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?
(a) Italian history.
(b) Venetian history.
(c) The history of the Marcello family.
(d) Art and artists.

3. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?
(a) The construction site was so orderly and well-secured that no one could have gotten in.
(b) It appears that the beams in the lobby on the third level burned slowly.
(c) Witnesses had come forward that had stated that they saw the fire start slowly.
(d) There was no motive for arson.

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

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

6. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?
(a) Gladio.
(b) Pegasus.
(c) Operation 40.
(d) Mockingbird.

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

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

9. What does Giampaolo compare Murano to in talking about creativity?
(a) A great tree.
(b) A blazing fire.
(c) An isolated island.
(d) A barren field.

10. Who does Count Marcello believe is responsible for the fire?
(a) The government.
(b) The Mafia.
(c) Save Venice.
(d) The police.

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

12. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?
(a) Reality.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) The gifts of Venice.

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

14. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?
(a) This is the first tragic rift in the family line.
(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) Archimede has always been a peacemaker, but Giampaolo always wanted to get away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?

2. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?

3. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?

4. What does Mayor Cacciari do to protect himself from accusations of bribery in the issue of the rebuilding of the Fenice?

5. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?

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