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

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

3. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?
(a) Because the Marghera now creates a lot of ecological problems.
(b) Because he became wealthy through his hotel business.
(c) Because he had a mistress.
(d) Because he never liked Venice.

4. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) The Academy of Art.
(b) A museum of Venetian history.
(c) A fraternal order of monks.
(d) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.

5. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?
(a) "Where are you going?"
(b) "Have you got a house?"
(c) "What's your favorite flower?"
(d) "Do you need a plant?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonardo Corbo, the civil protection chief from Rome, say about the fire?

2. What word does Woody Allen use to describe the devastation at the Fenice?

3. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?

4. Who does the narrator say gets up before dawn outside his window?

5. What does Rose suggest to the narrator would include the "more earthy side to Carnival"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gino Seguso tell the narrator about Giampaolo's actions and intentions since Giampaolo left the company?

3. How does Archimede Seguso react to the fire?

4. How does the panel of experts come to the conclusion that the Fenice fire must not have been caused by arson?

5. Explain what Guerrino Lovato tells the narrator about the interior of the Fenice.

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

7. What examples does the narrator give for the public outpouring of support after the fire at the Fenice?

8. Describe Capitano Mario Moro.

9. Describe Archimede Seguso's state of mind and his activities since the Fenice fire.

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

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