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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 the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?
(a) A tour of the wreckage.
(b) A look at the fallen mayor.
(c) Autographs.
(d) A couple of cigarettes.

2. Why does Lovato oppose the building of a modern new opera house?
(a) It would damage the acoustics.
(b) For aesthetic reasons.
(c) It's important to preserve the experience that the architect created for the spectator.
(d) The focus should be completely on the stage.

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

4. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?
(a) Italian history.
(b) The history of the Marcello family.
(c) Art and artists.
(d) Venetian history.

5. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giampaolo compare Murano to in talking about creativity?

2. Who do the townspeople talking at Haig's Bar believe is responsible for the fire?

3. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?

4. What does Loredan say the squalid pigeons are the symbolic heroes of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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