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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sorensen tell Ketterley he is primarily interested in?
(a) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Transgressive ideas.
(d) Classics.

2. What is the title of Arne-Sayles's book that Piranesi includes some extracts from in his journals?
(a) The Great and Secret Knowledge.
(b) The Half-Seen Door.
(c) The Magic Night.
(d) The Bones Rituals.

3. How does 16 refer to Laurence Arne-Sayles in her note to Piranesi?
(a) As an occultist.
(b) As a friend of hers.
(c) As a colleague of hers.
(d) As Piranesi's father.

4. What does Piranesi finally understand about the Other's ability to resist the degenerative effects of the House?
(a) He has rituals to protect him.
(b) He has a friend who protects him.
(c) He does not live in the House.
(d) He has medication to help him.

5. What scent surprises Piranesi in the First Vestibule in Part III?
(a) The smell of fear.
(b) A fecal smell.
(c) The smell of delicious cooking.
(d) Perfume that smells of lemons and geranium.

6. Why does Ketterley say Arne-Sayles most often described the other world as a labyrinth?
(a) Because of its association with academia.
(b) Because of its associations with a vision of cosmic grandeur.
(c) Because of its references to American literature.
(d) Because of its association with the stars.

7. What does Sorensen tell Ketterley he is excellent at?
(a) Singing.
(b) Record-keeping.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Drawing.

8. Which of the following does Piranesi find in the bag he knows the Other must have left in the House in the end of Part IV?
(a) A flag.
(b) A container of hot food.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

9. What is the first writing of 16's that Piranesi comes across?
(a) A warning for the Other.
(b) Directions 16 seems to have written to himself.
(c) A note to Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(d) A note to the police.

10. What does Ketterley bring to the Halls to try to save himself from the flood?
(a) An inflatable boat.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A scuba suit and tank.
(d) A length of rope.

11. Who does Piranesi realize gave him the name Piranesi in Part IV?
(a) The Other.
(b) 16.
(c) His mother.
(d) Arne-Sayles.

12. Why is the Other unconcerned about the event Piranesi predicts in Part IV?
(a) He does not think the lunar eclipse can harm him.
(b) He is used to fires.
(c) He will not be there in the House that day, so he will not be harmed.
(d) He tells Piranesi he is immune to all harm.

13. Who does Piranesi think might have written the words on the scraps of paper he puts together?
(a) The Other.
(b) 16.
(c) One of the people who used to be the bones in the House.
(d) Laurence Arne-Sayles.

14. Who is one of Laurence Arne-Sayles's most devoted students?
(a) Charlotte Henry.
(b) Marshall Windham.
(c) Fabian Gould.
(d) Sylvia D'Agostino.

15. What does reading his journals over again in Part III convince Piranesi the Other was right about?
(a) Laurence Arne-Sayles was like a God.
(b) Piranesi was probably from another world.
(c) Sarah Raphael was coming to save Piranesi.
(d) Piranesi had forgotten many things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Piranesi begin to think of his relationship with Matthew Rose Sorensen at the end of Part IV?

2. Who is Piranesi stunned to find in his journal index in Part III?

3. What smell does Sorensen immediately detect in Ketterley's house that seems out of place?

4. What does Ketterley bring Sorensen to drink in Part IV?

5. What does Piranesi practice in Part III?

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