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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. During which week does the Save Venice Gala occur throughout Chapter 12?

2. How did Ezra Pound first meet Olga Rudge?

3. What does De Luigi say he is painting while he is working on a jeweled dress floating against a barren landscape?

4. What reason does Guthrie give the narrator for not resigning?

5. Where does the notary say he found Stefani's last will?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Jane Rylands's involvement with Olga.

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

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

6. Describe Mario Stefani and his role within Venice.

7. Describe the Save Venice Regatta Week Gala.

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

9. What is De Luigi's opinion of what's happening with the building project in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Using the example of the Fenice fire investigation, describe how the narrator portrays guilt and innocence in this crime and within Venetian culture.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the outcome of De Luigi's vandalism of the Fenice mural at the rebuilding site differs from what he expected and how the policeman's comment to De Luigi is significant for the rest of the story.

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