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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. What is it about the woman and beehive statue that gives Piranesi a sense of queasiness?
(a) The woman is in a grave.
(b) The woman is about to be attacked by a swarm of bees.
(c) A bee crawls over her left eye.
(d) A bee is stinging her.

2. Why does the Other say it is only a small chance someone else will come to the House?
(a) He will try to kill anyone who approaches.
(b) The House has guards.
(c) No one else knows the way there.
(d) The House is veiled in magic.

3. What gift does the Other bring for Piranesi in Part II that he loves?
(a) Food.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A CD player.
(d) Shoes.

4. Why does the Other say the House does not affect him in the same way it affects Piranesi?
(a) The Other is just smarter than Piranesi.
(b) The Other has taken certain precautions against it.
(c) The Other has been immunized with medication against the House's influence.
(d) The Other leaves the House often.

5. What does the Other tell Piranesi about Piranesi in Part II that shocks him?
(a) He knows where Piranesi's mother is.
(b) Piranesi often forgets about things and conversations they have had in the past.
(c) He thinks Piranesi is a good musician.
(d) He knows where Piranesi can meet a lot of new people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Piranesi whisper to niches and plinths in Part II, hoping for a sign of recognition?

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

4. What are there very few of in the House?

5. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Piranesi think the person he meets by chance in Part II in the House is?

3. Who wrote the note Piranesi finds in the House in Part II, and what does the note ask?

4. How does Laurence Arne-Sayles describe his work in Part I?

5. What does Piranesi see in the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall that awes him?

6. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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