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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. What does Piranesi get an exhilarating inkling of when he visits the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) What it is like to hear real music.
(b) What it is like to feel God's presence.
(c) What it is like to feel the real love from another human being.
(d) What it might be like if there were thousands of people in the world instead of just two, as he believes.

2. Who is one of Laurence Arne-Sayles's most devoted students?
(a) Marshall Windham.
(b) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(c) Charlotte Henry.
(d) Fabian Gould.

3. What does Piranesi use to number the journals in Part III?
(a) Yellow paint.
(b) White gel pen.
(c) Black Sharpie.
(d) Red ink pen.

4. What is the Other afraid of in the House?
(a) The powerful tides and movement of water.
(b) The statues.
(c) The enchanting music.
(d) The wolves.

5. How does Piranesi think the birds sometimes try to communicate with him?
(a) By flying from statue to statue and trying to communicate meaning to him in this way.
(b) By chirping musical notes.
(c) By leaving food for him.
(d) By scratching letters in the sand with their beaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Piranesi his name?

2. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi he will give directions to to get to the House?

3. Why does Piranesi eventually decide to go back to the other (real) world with Raphael?

4. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?

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

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