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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?
2. What was the floor in Rose and Peter's basement apartment previously made of?
3. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?
4. What does Giampaolo say he's good at when it comes to glassblowing?
5. What does Signor Seguso say his object is when he meets the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Count Giovanni Volpi describe his father?
2. What does Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about Murano and the Seguso family?
3. How does Archimede Seguso react to the fire?
4. Describe the Plant Man.
5. Explain Rose Lauritzen's problems with the "magazzino" as detailed in Chapter 3.
6. Explain what Guerrino Lovato tells the narrator about the interior of the Fenice.
7. What does Count Marcello seem to believe about the fire and how does he back up his opinion?
8. Explain what Rose tells the narrator about the safety of the city of Venice.
9. Paraphrase what Alvise Loredan tells the narrator at the Carnival ball in Chapter 6.
10. What does Gino Seguso tell the narrator about Giampaolo's actions and intentions since Giampaolo left the company?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific details from the story, compare and contrast Gino and Giampaolo Seguso's views of family as presented in Chapter 7.
Essay Topic 2
Using the Lauritzens "magazzino" as an example, explain the differences between the Venetian and Anglo-Saxon mentalities as described in Chapter 3.
Essay Topic 3
Explain what the narrator says at the beginning of Chapter 2 about Venice's beauty and how this relates to his explanation of the fall of Venice at the end of the chapter.
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