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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Last Canto".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which covert paramilitary operation was Casson responsible for uncovering?
(a) Gladio.
(b) Operation 40.
(c) Mockingbird.
(d) Pegasus.

2. Who does the narrator say gets up before dawn outside his window?
(a) The fruit and vegetable dealer.
(b) The gondolier.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The rats.

3. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Maximillian.

4. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?
(a) They aren't Venetian.
(b) They aren't very educated.
(c) They aren't convincing characters.
(d) They aren't honest.

5. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?
(a) Pope John XXIII.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Mayor Cacciari.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ezra Pound first meet Olga Rudge?

2. When does the narrator say he'd fallen under Venice's spell?

3. What does Leonardo Corbo, the civil protection chief from Rome, say about the fire?

4. How did the panel of experts come to its initial conclusion that the Fenice fire was not caused by arson?

5. Which mask-making studio is well-respected, even among Venetians, according to the book?

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