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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Open House".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Impregilo manage to cut time and cost off their bid?
(a) They left the new foundation off the plan.
(b) They blackmailed their suppliers.
(c) They left the two-story building not currently owned by the Fenice off the plan.
(d) They blackmailed their contractors.

2. What does the narrator say the Fenice had been reduced to upon seeing the front of the building?
(a) A mask.
(b) A lump of coal.
(c) A mess.
(d) A fire pit.

3. Who did Jane Rylands want painted into the portrait of Dadie Rylands she had commissioned?
(a) Peggy Guggenheim.
(b) The last Roman emperor.
(c) Philip Rylands.
(d) Julian Barrow.

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

5. What does the Gazettino report about the theory that Carella and Marchetti set the fire for others?
(a) The theory seems unlikely.
(b) The theory seems likely.
(c) The theory discounts the role of political negligence.
(d) The theory has become a certainty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?

2. Who does the author trace the history of Save Venice back to?

3. Who or what of the following was never included in Stefani's will?

4. Where did the quote on Stefani's gravestone come from?

5. Where is Peter from originally?

(see the answer key)

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