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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 Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?
(a) A lump of coal.
(b) A mask.
(c) A mess.
(d) A fire pit.

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

3. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Getting ready for bed.
(c) Sitting down to dinner.
(d) Watching television.

4. 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 confer the project in a lottery.
(b) He decides to outsource the decision of who will rebuild to a committee.
(c) He decides to leave the decision up to the Prime Minister.
(d) He decides to open the project to competitive bids.

5. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?
(a) Maximillian.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Charlemagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the fire department's handling of the Fenice fire did the custodian's attorney attack?

2. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?

3. What object does a Sicilian prince bring to Signor Seguso in order to authenticate it?

4. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?

5. What does Signor Seguso say his object is when he meets the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Archimede Seguso react to the fire?

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

6. Describe Rose's experiences with Ezra Pound.

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

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

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

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

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