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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 do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?
(a) A "condono."
(b) An air conditioner.
(c) A "magazzino."
(d) Rat screens.

2. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
(a) Thirty years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Twenty years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

3. What does Mayor Cacciari do to protect himself from accusations of bribery in the issue of the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) He decides to open the project to competitive bids.
(b) He decides to leave the decision up to the Prime Minister.
(c) He decides to outsource the decision of who will rebuild to a committee.
(d) He decides to confer the project in a lottery.

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

5. Who does the narrator say sells Signor Seguso's glass creations as a way of demonstrating his renown?
(a) Bergdorf Goodman.
(b) Saks Fifth Avenue.
(c) Tiffany.
(d) Bloomingdale's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Count say would have to happen for him to let go of his anger?

2. Where does the Count Giuseppe Volpi live?

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

4. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter say to the narrator about "sloganeering"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Peter Lauritzen and how has he established himself in Venice?

9. Describe Capitano Mario Moro.

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

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