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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. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?
2. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?
3. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?
4. What does one attendant of the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto bring as a memento from the fire?
5. What did Giampaolo give each of his family members at his fiftieth birthday party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gino Seguso tell the narrator about Giampaolo's actions and intentions since Giampaolo left the company?
2. How did Felice Casson establish himself as a hard-driving investigator?
3. Describe Archimede Seguso's state of mind and his activities since the Fenice fire.
4. Who is Peter Lauritzen and how has he established himself in Venice?
5. What does Count Marcello seem to believe about the fire and how does he back up his opinion?
6. Describe the exchange between Ludovico De Luigi and Venice's mayor during the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto in Chapter 2.
7. What does Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about Murano and the Seguso family?
8. Describe Capitano Mario Moro.
9. What does the narrator say about Venice at the beginning of Chapter 2?
10. Explain what Guerrino Lovato tells the narrator about the interior of the Fenice.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the importance of the gods Apollo, Dionysus, and Bacchus for the interior of the Fenice and why they are important as symbols of Venice.
Essay Topic 2
Using Archimede Seguso's "La Fenice" collection as an example, explain how beauty and neglect resurface throughout the book.
Essay Topic 3
Drawing on what you know about the book's critical reception, explain how the author's own telling of the story plays in to the book's theme of truth and deception.
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