2. Why does Lovato oppose the building of a modern new opera house?
(a) It would damage the acoustics.
(b) It's important to preserve the experience that the architect created for the spectator.
(c) For aesthetic reasons.
(d) The focus should be completely on the stage.

3. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?
(a) A center for a fraternal order.
(b) A government building.
(c) A British embassy.
(d) A Doge's palace.

4. How many doges were in Alvise Loredan's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

5. Who does Rose recall living next to in Venice?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

6. What does Signor Seguso say his object is when he meets the narrator?
(a) "Unfinished."
(b) "Perfect."
(c) "Dawn."
(d) "Dusk."

7. Which word does Alvise Loredan notably use frequently in talking with the narrator and the Lauritzens?
(a) "Grandiose."
(b) "Paradox."
(c) "Noble."
(d) "Important."

8. Who does Donadon claim to be old friends with?
(a) Silvio Berlusconi.
(b) Maurizio Gucci.
(c) Luciano Benetton.
(d) Santo Versace.

9. What does the narrator call his game of taking pictures at unplanned moments?
(a) "Photo surprise."
(b) "Photo roulette."
(c) "Picture bingo."
(d) "Unplanned pics."

10. What does Mayor Cacciari do to protect himself from accusations of bribery in the issue of the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) He decides to outsource the decision of who will rebuild to a committee.
(b) He decides to confer the project in a lottery.
(c) He decides to open the project to competitive bids.
(d) He decides to leave the decision up to the Prime Minister.

11. Who does the narrator say defeated Venice at the height of its grandeur?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Maximillian.

12. What does Dr. Scattolin say will happen to the healthy pigeons?
(a) They will be released.
(b) They will be taken to Rome.
(c) They will be chloroformed.
(d) They will be castrated.

13. What does the narrator notice about characters in novels and movies set in Venice?
(a) They aren't convincing characters.
(b) They aren't very educated.
(c) They aren't Venetian.
(d) They aren't honest.

14. Who is at the top of the prosecutor's list of possible defendants regarding the Fenice fire?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The director of the restoration work at the Fenice.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The Fenice's general manager.

15. What does the narrator say the Ateneo Veneto once housed?
(a) The Academy of Art.
(b) A fraternal order dedicated to escorting condemned prisoners to the gallows.
(c) A fraternal order of monks.
(d) A museum of Venetian history.