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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Count Marcello believe is responsible for the fire?
(a) The government.
(b) The police.
(c) Save Venice.
(d) The Mafia.

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

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

4. What does the Count say would have to happen for him to let go of his anger?
(a) His half-sisters and their husbands would have to apologize.
(b) Venice would have to name a street or square after his father.
(c) The Comune would have to apologize for the damages done to his father's reputation.
(d) Venice would have to repay him for the damages done to his father's estate.

5. What does the Plant Man like to ask people?
(a) "Where are you going?"
(b) "Have you got a house?"
(c) "Do you need a plant?"
(d) "What's your favorite flower?"

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. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?

4. What is "Antica Mole"?

5. Which paper does the narrator mention that reports on the many suspicious coincidences surrounding the Fenice fire?

(see the answer key)

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