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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leonardo Corbo, the civil protection chief from Rome, say about the fire?
(a) The fire was clearly too much for the fire brigade.
(b) From his vantage point, it looked like arson.
(c) The panel of experts may never really know what happened.
(d) Fire leaves indelible traces.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Giampaolo say he trademarked the name Archimede Seguso?

2. What do the Lauritzens do while talking that makes it difficult for the narrator to follow them?

3. According to the book, who founded the Venice Film Festival?

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

5. How many doges were in Alvise Loredan's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Fenice custodian's attorney say about the panel of experts?

2. Describe the Plant Man.

3. What does the narrator say about Napoleon and what do these comments have to do with the current state of Venice?

4. What does the narrator learn about Alistair McAlpine at the party?

5. Who is the Rat Man of Treviso and what does he do? What's special about what he does?

6. Paraphrase what Alvise Loredan tells the narrator at the Carnival ball in Chapter 6.

7. Explain Rose Lauritzen's problems with the "magazzino" as detailed in Chapter 3.

8. What problem does the fire create for Signora Marcello, and how does she deal with the problem?

9. How does the Count Giovanni Volpi describe his father?

10. What examples does the narrator give for the public outpouring of support after the fire at the Fenice?

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