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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "Glass Warfare".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rose suggest to the narrator would include the "more earthy side to Carnival"?
(a) The Venice Film Festival.
(b) The Festival of Saturnalia.
(c) The Erotic Poetry Festival.
(d) The Festival of Santo Stefano.

3. Where does the narrator say he's decided he'll live?
(a) In Lido.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) In a bed and breakfast.
(d) With a host family.

4. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?
(a) The rhythm of the water.
(b) The rhythm of the wheel.
(c) The rhythm of bella Italia.
(d) The rhythm of Carnival.

5. Where does the Count Giuseppe Volpi live?
(a) On the Giudecca.
(b) In Castello.
(c) In Santa Croce.
(d) In Cannaregio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?

3. What word does Woody Allen use to describe the devastation at the Fenice?

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

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

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