1. What is it about the woman and beehive statue that gives Piranesi a sense of queasiness?
(a) A bee is stinging her.
(b) A bee crawls over her left eye.
(c) The woman is in a grave.
(d) The woman is about to be attacked by a swarm of bees.

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

3. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?
(a) Bring him to the real world.
(b) Learn from him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Write more journal entries for him.

4. Why does the Other threaten to stop working with Piranesi in Part II?
(a) Piranesi says he wants to meet new people.
(b) Piranesi says he can no longer write in his journals.
(c) Piranesi says he wants to leave the House.
(d) Piranesi says he does not think they should keep going on the quest for the Great and Secret Knowledge.

5. What kinds of birds used the scraps of paper in their nests that Piranesi wants to put together to make a whole and be able to read?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Albatrosses.
(c) Crows.
(d) Herring gulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does the Other tell Piranesi about Piranesi in Part II that shocks him?

4. What does the box the Other brings a gift to Piranesi in have on the outside of it?

5. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?

(see the answer key)

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