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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of clothes does the Other usually wear?
(a) Police officer's uniforms.
(b) Protective hazard suits.
(c) Well-cut suits.
(d) Jeans and t-shirts.

2. What does Piranesi mistake the albatross for at first?
(a) An angel.
(b) A vision of a shining white cross.
(c) His mother.
(d) Death.

3. What does Piranesi whisper to niches and plinths in Part II, hoping for a sign of recognition?
(a) Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(b) 16.
(c) The Other.
(d) Addy Domarus.

4. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) Full.
(b) Waxing crescent.
(c) Half.
(d) Waning crescent.

5. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?
(a) Dries seaweed and brings it to them.
(b) Helps them build the nest with paper.
(c) Finds hay for them.
(d) Builds them a nest of cotton and logs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Piranesi think is the Sixteenth Person in the beginning of Part I?

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

3. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?

4. How many people does Piranesi believe ever existed in the World?

5. What task takes up much of Piranesi's time?

(see the answer key)

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