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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. Who enters into a P.R. war with Luciano Pavarotti over the benefit concert for the rebuilding of the Fenice?
(a) Plácido Domingo.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) Franco Corelli.
(d) José Carreras.

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

3. Which of the following gods does Lovato not mention in talking with the narrator about the interior of the Fenice?
(a) Bacchus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Apollo.

4. What does the narrator note about the continuing relationship between Woody Allen and Mayor Cacciari since Allen had been charged with trespassing?
(a) The Mayor officiated at Allen's wedding to Soon-Yi.
(b) The Mayor could no longer speak with Allen out of embarrassment over the incident.
(c) Allen and the Mayor continued to be friends.
(d) The friendship had soured since the incident.

5. What is Signor Seguso's nickname?
(a) "Maestro."
(b) "Fire Magician."
(c) "The Glassmaker."
(d) "Wizard of Fire."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say the Palazzo in which he will be living once was?

3. Who does the narrator say put an end to Carnival?

4. What object does a Sicilian prince bring to Signor Seguso in order to authenticate it?

5. How many major versions of the Fenice does Peter say there have been in 200 years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Count Marcello tell the narrator during the prologue?

2. Describe Capitano Mario Moro.

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

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

5. What does Peter say to the narrator about "sloganeering"?

6. Describe the Plant Man.

7. How does the panel of experts come to the conclusion that the Fenice fire must not have been caused by arson?

8. Describe the exchange between Ludovico De Luigi and Venice's mayor during the meeting at the Ateneo Veneto in Chapter 2.

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

10. How does Archimede Seguso react to the fire?

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