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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 De Luigi tell the narrator they're going to do at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Get arrested.
(b) Stir up some trouble.
(c) Go to a Carnival ball.
(d) Party all night.

2. Which prize was offered to Lawrence Dow Lovett in Chapter 12?
(a) The Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
(b) The Pritzker Prize.
(c) The Pietro Torta Prize.
(d) The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.

3. What did Ezra ask Mary to do as an exercise that led to her lifelong study of his work?
(a) Illustrate the Cantos.
(b) Reprint the Cantos.
(c) Translate the Cantos into German.
(d) Translate the Cantos into Italian.

4. Who did Jane Rylands want painted into the portrait of Dadie Rylands she had commissioned?
(a) Julian Barrow.
(b) Peggy Guggenheim.
(c) Philip Rylands.
(d) The last Roman emperor.

5. What does the narrator say he drinks while visiting the Marchetti family?
(a) Tocai.
(b) Coke.
(c) Grappa.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra say "Her name was" in the last Canto?

2. Why does Carla Ferrara think no one noticed Stefani's loneliness?

3. How many electricians were in the Fenice after the rest of the reconstruction staff had gone home?

4. Which famous Sargent painting did Ariana Curtis refuse to accept as a gift?

5. What did Olga say in the letter sent to the Cleveland attorney after she realized what had happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jane Rylands's involvement with Olga.

2. Describe the feelings Daniel Curtis, Patricia's son, has about the Palazzo.

3. Describe the evidence the narrator presents against Gardin's theories.

4. What is the final outcome of the trial for the Fenice fire?

5. Paraphrase the story of "The Aspern Papers."

6. Describe Mayor Costa's role in the Fenice rebuilding.

7. Explain the allegations against Renato Carella and how his story finally ends in Chapter 14.

8. Describe the problem Patricia Curtis has with her siblings and the Palazzo.

9. Why is Countess Marcello so valuable to Save Venice?

10. What does the reader find out about the nature of Olga and Ezra's relationship in Chapter 9?

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