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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the Other on a quest after?
(a) The Great and Secret Knowledge.
(b) The Smorgasboard.
(c) The Kingship.
(d) The Ritual.

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

5. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?
(a) The Minotaurs.
(b) The Faun.
(c) The Fox.
(d) The men emerging from the wall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which area of the House is derelict?

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

4. Why does Piranesi think the Other has asked him about Batter-Sea?

5. What does Piranesi think the House originally may have intended the Folded-Up Child for?

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