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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Piranesi and the Other often meet?
(a) The Second South-Western Hall.
(b) The Ninety-Second South-Western Hall.
(c) The Vestibule with the fox statues.
(d) The Thirty-Third North-Eastern Hall.

2. Who wrote the book The Magician's Nephew that Clarke quotes from in Part I?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

3. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi the Other really is?
(a) Val Ketterley.
(b) His father.
(c) Sarah Raphael.
(d) James Ritter.

4. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?
(a) He is scared by it.
(b) It is consolatory.
(c) It is sad.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

5. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?
(a) To find Laurence Arne-Sayles right away and tell him about it.
(b) To speak politely to that person or people.
(c) To hide and not to speak to that person or people.
(d) To find the Other right away and tell him about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Other on a quest after?

2. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?

3. What does Piranesi notice about the yellow leaf he sees on the waters in Part I?

4. What does Piranesi get an exhilarating inkling of when he visits the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

5. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?

(see the answer key)

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