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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Migliori intend to secure the fresco?
(a) She'll cover it with Japanese paper to keep pieces from falling off.
(b) She'll cover it with plaster.
(c) She'll build a security wall.
(d) She has policeman on constant patrol.

2. How much did Enrico Carella's debt amount to at the time of the fire?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $7,000.
(d) $75,000.

3. Which of Henry James' novels was written with descriptions of the Palazzo Barbaro?
(a) Turn of the Screw.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) The Wings of the Dove.
(d) Portrait of a Lady.

4. Why does Marchetti's girlfriend give the accidental statement that convinces Casson?
(a) She's worried that his parents may not survive the stress of Marchetti's incarceration.
(b) She's scared because she's under investigation for perjury.
(c) She's scared because Casson has told her she's a suspect in the fire.
(d) She wants to implicate Carella to detract suspicion from Marchetti.

5. Who gets the contract to construct the three-dimensional ornaments inside the new theater?
(a) Ludovico De Luigi.
(b) Larry Lovett.
(c) Philip Rylands.
(d) Guerrino Lovato.

6. How does Nicola respond when the narrator asks if he's read any of Stefani's poetry?
(a) He says he only read a few handwritten poems Mario gave him.
(b) He says he has read every Stefani poem Gardin ever published.
(c) He says he's never been a great reader.
(d) He says he has a small collection at home.

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

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

9. Who was the Fenice's custodian at the time of the fire?
(a) Giuseppe Bonannini.
(b) Renato Carella.
(c) Vitaliano Bonicelli.
(d) Gilberto Paggiaro.

10. Which of Henry James's works does Chapter 9, the story of the Rylands's involvement with Olga Rudge, revolve around?
(a) The Cantos.
(b) The Wasteland.
(c) The Aspern Papers.
(d) The Wings of the Dove.

11. Why does Guthrie tell Lovett that he "...titled himself into oblivion"?
(a) Lovett's title doesn't really exist.
(b) Lovett has so many titles that no one takes him seriously anymore.
(c) Guthrie's title doesn't really exist.
(d) Guthrie has so many titles that no one takes him seriously anymore.

12. Who is the "important" man the narrator sees on a water taxi at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Gianni Agnelli.
(b) Tonci Foscari.
(c) "Angel Face" Maniero.
(d) Aldo Rossi.

13. Whose death did Daniel Curtis describe in his diary?
(a) Claude Monet's.
(b) Alfred Tennyson's.
(c) Robert Browning's.
(d) Henry James's.

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

15. What does the graffiti the narrator begins to notice around Venice claim loneliness is?
(a) "...loving others to no avail."
(b) "...not being loved."
(c) "...loving no one."
(d) "...being alone."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary de Rachwiltz live?

2. How does Guthrie respond to Lesa Marcello's refusal to turn down the prize for Lovett?

3. How did Arrigo Cipriani, the owner of Harry's Bar, become involved in the issue between Jane Rylands and Olga Rudge?

4. Who was closest to Peggy Guggenheim when Philip and Jane befriended her?

5. Which spaceship lift-off does Ralph Curtis play for the narrator?

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