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

2. Who does Piranesi find a note from in Part II?

3. What does Piranesi's note to the Other say in Part II?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the only other person living in the House besides Piranesi, to the best of his knowledge, in Part I?

4. How does Piranesi get his food?

5. What is Piranesi's favorite statue, and what does he think it means?

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

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

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

9. What rare event does Piranesi witness in Part I in the House?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring Clarke's treatment of the themes of rationalism and the natural world, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how different inhabitants and visitors to the House react to it, including Piranesi, Ketterley, Raphael, James Ritter, and Arne-Sayles, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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