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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 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.

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

3. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Greed.

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

5. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?
(a) "Important."
(b) "Grandiose."
(c) "Noble."
(d) "Paradox."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?

3. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?

4. What is Giampaolo's view of glassmaking?

5. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does the fire create for Signora Marcello, and how does she deal with the problem?

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

3. What does the narrator say about Napoleon and what do these comments have to do with the current state of Venice?

4. Explain what Rose tells the narrator about the safety of the city of Venice.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the Plant Man.

10. Paraphrase what Alvise Loredan tells the narrator at the Carnival ball in Chapter 6.

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