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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Giampaolo say he trademarked the name Archimede Seguso?
(a) To protect his sons' portion of the family inheritance.
(b) To protect it from being used by Gino after his father's death.
(c) To protect it from being diluted when other designers created pieces under his brand name.
(d) To protect his interest in the sale of his father's glass.

3. What sport is Casson passionate about?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Football.
(d) Soccer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?

2. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?

3. Who does Rose say the McAlpines are "hiding out" in Venice from?

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

5. What is Gino Seguso's view of glassmaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Rose Lauritzen's problems with the "magazzino" as detailed in Chapter 3.

2. What does the narrator say about Venice at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. How does the Count Giovanni Volpi describe his father?

4. What does Count Marcello tell the narrator during the prologue?

5. Describe the exchange between Ludovico De Luigi and Venice's mayor during the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto in Chapter 2.

6. Describe the Plant Man.

7. What is the pigeon problem in Venice and how is it being dealt with?

8. What does the Fenice custodian's attorney say about the panel of experts?

9. Who is the Rat Man of Treviso and what does he do? What's special about what he does?

10. What does Giampaolo Seguso tell the narrator about the rift with his family?

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