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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 does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?
(a) He feels claustrophobic with screens on the windows.
(b) He thinks the meshing is too fine to be effective.
(c) He'd like to have better access to the fresh air.
(d) He's surprised that mosquitoes can fly right through.

2. Which mask-making studio is well-respected, even among Venetians, according to the book?
(a) Ca' Macana.
(b) Carta Alta.
(c) Mondonovo.
(d) TragiComica.

3. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?
(a) Count Girolamo Marcello.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Signor Seguso.
(d) Count Giuseppe Volpi.

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

5. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?
(a) A Doge's palace.
(b) A government building.
(c) A British embassy.
(d) A center for a fraternal order.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many doges were in Alvise Loredan's family?

2. What do the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?

3. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?

4. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Count Marcello seem to believe about the fire and how does he back up his opinion?

8. Describe the Plant Man.

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

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

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