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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Piranesi's starting point for the numbering of the Halls?
2. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi he will give directions to to get to the House?
3. What does the Other tell Piranesi he might be forced to do if Piranesi talks to 16?
4. What does Piranesi eat in the House?
5. Who is the Biscuit-Box Man?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?
2. Why does the Other bring new shoes to Piranesi?
3. What does the Other ask Piranesi about in the section titled "The Other" that Piranesi is puzzled about?
4. What is Piranesi's relationship with the birds in the House?
5. What significant suggestion does Piranesi make to the Other about his work in Part II?
6. What is the Other afraid of in the House?
7. Who does Piranesi think the person he meets by chance in Part II in the House is?
8. What does the other person Piranesi meets in the House in Part II tell him about the Great and Secret Knowledge?
9. What does the Other tell Piranesi about himself in Part II that shocks and unsettles Piranesi?
10. Who is the only other person living in the House besides Piranesi, to the best of his knowledge, in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Piranesi spend the majority of his time in the House, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Matthew Rose Sorensen/Piranesi cautions Raphael not to "disappear" at the end of the novel, and what does he really mean by this (243)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
In Part I, why does the Other ask Piranesi how much he remembers, and, specifically, if he remembers Batter-Sea? When does the reader finally understand the true intentions of these questions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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