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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 201 - 245).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Piranesi keep eating in the end of Part IV, even though he is distraught and does not feel like eating?
(a) He wants to be able to outrun the Other.
(b) He wants to gain weight.
(c) He wants to keep his strength up.
(d) He wants to make sure he will be able to swim during the flood.

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

3. Which of the following can Piranesi not seem to accept right after the flood?
(a) Arne-Sayles really did want to save him.
(b) He is really Matthew Rose Sorensen.
(c) Ketterley is dead.
(d) He will never be able to write again.

4. Who is Raphael's colleague who questions Piranesi/Sorensen when he returns to the real world?
(a) Harold Henson.
(b) Jamie Askill.
(c) Franklin Ronley.
(d) Michael Hatterly.

5. How does Piranesi come to think of Ketterley after his death?
(a) His only friend and his only enemy.
(b) His father.
(c) His colleague.
(d) His mentor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurence want directions to in his note in Part II?

2. What is the simple, single-line message 16 leaves for Piranesi in Part IV?

3. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi about the Great and Secret Knowledge?

4. What is it about the woman and beehive statue that gives Piranesi a sense of queasiness?

5. What does Piranesi remember the Prophet having told him about what would happen the closer 16 gets to Piranesi?

(see the answer key)

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