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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 does Piranesi keep his journals?

2. How does the Other propose to Piranesi they kill intruders to the House?

3. Who does Piranesi think the surprising smell in Part III belongs to?

4. Who does Piranesi see the word Battersea associated with in his journals?

5. Where were the early volumes of D'Agostino's journals kept?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was the location of the place Arne-Sayles identified as the last place he had stood before rationality "gripped his mind" (152)?

2. What overriding problem does Piranesi have regarding the Other in Part III?

3. Who is Maurizio Giussani and how does Piranesi find out about him?

4. What does Piranesi tell 16 in his first written message to 16?

5. How does Piranesi know someone else has been in the House in Part III?

6. Why does Piranesi resolve to take better care of himself in Part III?

7. What does Piranesi have to do in order to collect all the ripped-up scraps of paper from his journals?

8. What information does Piranesi begin to keep from the Other about 16?

9. Who is James Ritter?

10. What do Piranesi's journals reveal about Matthew Rose Sorensen?

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

How does Piranesi react when the Other tells him he suffers from periodic amnesia, and what does the Other say is its cause? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do the various statues in the House represent, which one is Piranesi's favorite, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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