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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which creatures does Piranesi sometimes talk to in the House?
(a) The cats.
(b) The insects.
(c) The birds.
(d) The dogs.

2. What sometimes drifts into Piranesi's area of the House where he sleeps?
(a) Other people.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Cats.
(d) Clouds.

3. What is the Other on a quest after?
(a) The Ritual.
(b) The Great and Secret Knowledge.
(c) The Kingship.
(d) The Smorgasboard.

4. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?
(a) He thinks it is appropriately reverent.
(b) He thinks it is disrespectful.
(c) He thinks it is suspicious.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

5. What does Piranesi mistake the albatross for at first?
(a) An angel.
(b) His mother.
(c) A vision of a shining white cross.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book The Magician's Nephew that Clarke quotes from in Part I?

2. What kinds of clothes does the Other usually wear?

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

4. Why does Piranesi stop writing in his journal in the final month of the last year?

5. What event does Piranesi witness in Part I that only happens once every eight years?

(see the answer key)

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