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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Slow Burn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mentality does Peter say doesn't exist in Venice?
(a) The Puritan mentality.
(b) The democratic mentality.
(c) The Anglo-Saxon mentality.
(d) The egalitarian mentality.

2. What is the main focus of Count Marcello's private library?
(a) Italian history.
(b) Venetian history.
(c) Art and artists.
(d) The history of the Marcello family.

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

4. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

5. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Greed.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?

2. What are Signor and Signora Seguso doing when they notice the fire?

3. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?

4. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?

5. Why does the narrator ask about the screens on the window?

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