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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. Who was closest to Peggy Guggenheim when Philip and Jane befriended her?
2. Which of Henry James' novels was written with descriptions of the Palazzo Barbaro?
3. Which spaceship lift-off does Ralph Curtis play for the narrator?
4. What does Stefani say is the most nonconformist act he knows?
5. What did Jane Rylands say to Harald Böhm, the sculptor who had helped Jane move the papers out of Olga's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the allegations against Renato Carella and how his story finally ends in Chapter 14.
2. Explain the situation that occurs with the seagull and the pigeon while the narrator is talking to Ludovico De Luigi at the beginning of Chapter 10 and its significance.
3. Describe the results of the bidding competition for the rebuilding project and explain how and why they became a problem.
4. Describe Gianpietro Zucchetta's view of the fire and Casson's investigation.
5. What does the narrator learn about the frescoes inside the Fenice?
6. Describe the feelings Daniel Curtis, Patricia's son, has about the Palazzo.
7. Describe what Casson tells the narrator made him certain that Carella and Marchetti were guilty.
8. What is the final outcome of the trial for the Fenice fire?
9. What does the reader find out about the nature of Olga and Ezra's relationship in Chapter 9?
10. What is De Luigi's opinion of what's happening with the building project in Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare/contrast the author's writing style with the pace of life in Venice, giving specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the power struggle between Bob Guthrie and Larry Lovett and explain how this power struggle is symbolically important for the rest of the book.
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