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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 have both the Other and the Prophet said the House is a source of?

2. What event does Piranesi realize is going to occur in just a few days' time in Part IV?

3. What do Piranesi's journals say Matthew Rose Sorensen studied?

4. Why does the person who gave Piranesi his name name him Piranesi?

5. What name is the Other shouting in Part III when Piranesi comes upon him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Piranesi take his ornaments out of his hair in Part III?

2. What was the relationship between Sylvia D'Agostino and Laurence Arne-Sayles?

3. What does Piranesi do to try to ensure 16's safety in Part IV?

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

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

6. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

7. In Part III, what does the Other tell Piranesi about 16 that shocks and appalls Piranesi?

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

9. Who does Piranesi begin to realize the Other really is?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are some characteristics of Piranesi's world in general and the House specifically that set it apart from the world the reader knows? Write an essay explaining 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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