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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 Count say would have to happen for him to let go of his anger?
(a) His half-sisters and their husbands would have to apologize.
(b) The Comune would have to apologize for the damages done to his father's reputation.
(c) Venice would have to repay him for the damages done to his father's estate.
(d) Venice would have to name a street or square after his father.

2. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?
(a) "Unplanned pics."
(b) "Picture bingo."
(c) "Photo roulette."
(d) "Photo surprise."

3. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

4. Which reminders of "La Traviata, Rigoletto and Tancredi" were supposedly housed in the Fenice according to one of the dinner guests at the Carnival ball?
(a) The handwritten original scores.
(b) The original casts' signatures.
(c) The original costumes.
(d) The original sets.

5. What did Giampaolo give each of his family members at his fiftieth birthday party?
(a) A glass vase.
(b) A glass bowl.
(c) A glass egg.
(d) A glass bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, who invented the Bellini?

2. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?

3. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?

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

5. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Felice Casson establish himself as a hard-driving investigator?

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

3. What does Count Marcello tell the narrator during the prologue?

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

5. What does Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about Murano and the Seguso family?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the exchange between Ludovico De Luigi and Venice's mayor during the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto in Chapter 2.

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