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B) migrate to other rivers
C) get smaller in size
D) face
a decline in their numbers
E) attack anything moving in the water
On August 11, 1911, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece,
was stolen from the
Louvre Museum in Paris. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee, stored the painting
in the false bottom of a trunk in his flat for two years and then tried to sell it to his native Italy for
$95,000. Italian officials promptly arrested him and returned the 300 -year old masterpiece to
France without a scratch. At his trial in Florence, Peruggia convinced the jury that his act was one
of patriotism-that his sole motive was to return the famous painting to the land of its creator.
Because
of this declaration, he received a relatively light sentence of 1 year and 15 days.
82-It's understood from the passage that the thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, ---- .
A) stole the Mona Lisa at the wish of the Italian authorities
B) was an Italian living and working in 'France
C) had stolen many other
priceless works of art
D) was a master criminal wanted in many countries
E) was a descendant of Leonardo da Vinci
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