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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 say he drinks while visiting the Marchetti family?

2. How long does Carella stay in jail?

3. Who is the "important" man the narrator sees on a water taxi at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. What is the title of the invitation Gardin sends out to Stefani's friends for his posthumous 63rd birthday party?

5. What does the narrator say De Luigi's painted flames match?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Rylands's involvement with Peggy Guggenheim.

2. Describe the story of Daniel Curtis's expatriation to Venice.

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

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

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

6. Describe Mario Stefani and his role within Venice.

7. Describe Bob Guthrie and his position with Save Venice.

8. Describe De Luigi and the narrator's activities at the end of Chapter 11 and how the police react.

9. Describe the nature of Stefani's poetry based on what you read in Chapter 13.

10. Describe the results of the bidding competition for the rebuilding project and explain how and why they became a problem.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the book is called The City of Falling Angels and how this title relates to the overall picture the author is trying to portray of the city 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

Describe the controversy surrounding Mario Stefani's death and how this controversy relates to the book's overall theme of truth and deception.

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