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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 does the narrator note about the continuing relationship between Woody Allen and Mayor Cacciari since Allen had been charged with trespassing?

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

3. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?

4. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

5. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Napoleon and what do these comments have to do with the current state of Venice?

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

3. What does Peter say to the narrator about "sloganeering"?

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

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

6. How does Archimede Seguso react to the fire?

7. Describe the Plant Man.

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

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

10. Describe Rose's experiences with Ezra Pound.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What graffiti message is Stefani supposed to have left throughout Venice shortly before his death, and how does this message relate to Venice as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the artist Ludovico De Luigi's view of the Fenice fire and the rebuilding of the opera house, and explain the significance of his view for Venetian politics.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific details from the story, compare and contrast Gino and Giampaolo Seguso's views of family as presented in Chapter 7.

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