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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Sleepwalking".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Count Marcello talking about when he mentions oil painting and sunlight as examples?
(a) The gifts of Venice.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Reality.

3. What was the floor in Rose and Peter's basement apartment previously made of?
(a) Stone.
(b) Marble.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Wood.

4. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?
(a) Rice.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Bread crumbs.
(d) Cornmeal.

5. What do friends tell Rose and Peter they need to get for their downstairs apartment?
(a) Rat screens.
(b) An air conditioner.
(c) A "magazzino."
(d) A "condono."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Count say Venetians are consumed by?

2. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?

3. What do the young girls talking with the carabinieri want?

4. What is Contessa Marcello's main, immediate concern when she hears about the fire?

5. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?

(see the answer key)

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