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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 task takes up much of Piranesi's time?
(a) His work with the Other.
(b) His knitting.
(c) His painting.
(d) His singing.

2. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?
(a) The Fox teaching creatures.
(b) The Faun.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) The Trampled Man.

3. What are the white shapes Piranesi sees scattered around the pavement as he makes his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) Birds.
(b) Ripped-up scraps of paper that were journal entries.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) White paint that someone has painted on the floor.

4. Which of the following does the Other ask Piranesi for in Part I?
(a) Data.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothes.
(d) A song.

5. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?
(a) He thinks it is appropriately reverent.
(b) He thinks it is disrespectful.
(c) He thinks it is suspicious.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?

2. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?

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

4. What does Piranesi call the person the Other says might visit the House in Part II?

5. What does Piranesi suggest the Other addressing his ritual invocation to?

(see the answer key)

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