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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "Beware of Falling Angels".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides plants, what else does the Plant Man sell?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Salsa lessons.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Watches.

2. Which spaceship lift-off does Ralph Curtis play for the narrator?
(a) Apollo 14.
(b) Apollo 15.
(c) Apollo 11.
(d) Apollo 12.

3. Who offers to help Save Venice after Larry Lovett and his supporters leave?
(a) Arrigo Cipriani.
(b) Count Marcello.
(c) Count Volpi.
(d) Marchesa Berlingieri.

4. What is "The Barbaro Project"?
(a) A project to write a book about the Palazzo.
(b) A project to send the world's nuclear fire codes to Mars.
(c) A project to restore the Palazzo to its original owners.
(d) A project to restore the Palazzo to its original state.

5. What does Count Marcello's speech to the board center around?
(a) Lovett's incompetence.
(b) His reasons for his impending resignation.
(c) Guthrie's incompetence.
(d) The organization's image in Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Larry Lovett's fortune come from?

2. What kind of uniform is Capitano Mario Moro wearing the second time the narrator sees him?

3. Why does Count Volpi say the Venetians vilify his father?

4. Who painted the portrait of Patricia Curtis in a strapless white gown?

5. Which of Henry James' novels was written with descriptions of the Palazzo Barbaro?

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