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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 is the title of the invitation Gardin sends out to Stefani's friends for his posthumous 63rd birthday party?
2. Who did Jane Rylands want painted into the portrait of Dadie Rylands she had commissioned?
3. Which Mafioso becomes a suspect in the Fenice fire?
4. What does the narrator tell the reader about da Mosto's father?
5. What does the narrator find at the Beinecke Library in New Haven that surprises him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain who Gianni Agnelli is and why he's considered the favorite to win the bidding competition for the rebuilding of the Fenice.
2. Describe De Luigi and the narrator's activities at the end of Chapter 11 and how the police react.
3. Describe Mario Stefani and his role within Venice.
4. Explain the allegations against Renato Carella and how his story finally ends in Chapter 14.
5. Describe the problem Patricia Curtis has with her siblings and the Palazzo.
6. What does the reader find out about the nature of Olga and Ezra's relationship in Chapter 9?
7. Describe the feelings Daniel Curtis, Patricia's son, has about the Palazzo.
8. Describe what Casson tells the narrator made him certain that Carella and Marchetti were guilty.
9. Describe the story of Daniel Curtis's expatriation to Venice.
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
Describe what you believe about Enrico Carella's guilt or innocence by detailing Carella's perspective on what happened the night of the fire as well as what Felice Casson finds out that undermines his story, and then explain and back up your own opinion.
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
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.
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