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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. What are the white shapes Piranesi sees scattered around the pavement as he makes his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) Birds.
(b) Ripped-up scraps of paper that were journal entries.
(c) White paint that someone has painted on the floor.
(d) Popcorn.

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

3. Why does Piranesi think the House gives more to the Other than to him?
(a) The Other must do rituals to extract things from the House.
(b) The Other knows the person who runs the House.
(c) The Other pays the House.
(d) The Other does not know how to take care of himself like Piranesi does.

4. Why does the Other tell Piranesi he might not want to stick around and work with him on one day in Part I?
(a) He is singing and he does not have the best voice.
(b) He needs privacy to speak to the dead of the House.
(c) He is cooking and not everyone likes his kind of food.
(d) He is working on a ritual.

5. Who does the Other tell Piranesi Addy Domarus is?
(a) A Priest.
(b) A long-dead king.
(c) A doctor.
(d) His own grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi he will give directions to to get to the House?

2. How does Piranesi think the birds sometimes try to communicate with him?

3. What sometimes drifts into Piranesi's area of the House where he sleeps?

4. Where do Piranesi and the Other often meet?

5. Who does Piranesi meet in Part II by the Western Doors?

(see the answer key)

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