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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?
(a) A Metaphorical World.
(b) An Evil World.
(c) An Elistist World.
(d) A Distributary World.

3. Who is the Biscuit-Box Man?
(a) The person who lived with Piranesi in the former world.
(b) A skeleton that resides in the Third North-Western Hall.
(c) The person who takes Piranesi's vital signs every week.
(d) The person who delivers food for Piranesi.

4. Who does Piranesi meet in Part II by the Western Doors?
(a) The Folded-Up Child.
(b) The man he thinks of as The Prophet.
(c) The Biscuit-Box Man.
(d) Sylvia D'Agostino.

5. How many people does Piranesi believe ever existed in the World?
(a) 1 Billion.
(b) 3 Million.
(c) 15.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

2. 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?

3. How does Piranesi feel about the dark?

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

5. What gift does the Other bring for Piranesi in Part II that he loves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Piranesi suggest that the Other use in his important ritual and why does he suggest this?

2. What is Piranesi's relationship with the birds in the House?

3. Why does the Other bring new shoes to Piranesi?

4. How does Piranesi get his food?

5. What does the other person Piranesi meets in the House in Part II tell him about the Great and Secret Knowledge?

6. What does Piranesi think is strange about the fact that the Other calls him Piranesi?

7. What does the Other ask Piranesi about in the section titled "The Other" that Piranesi is puzzled about?

8. What is the Other trying to accomplish with Piranesi's help?

9. What is the thing that Piranesi knows but always forgets about his world?

10. What theory does Piranesi forumulate about the bones of the Folded-Up Child?

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