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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) A song.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

2. What does Piranesi eat in the House?
(a) The cows he kills.
(b) Seaweed and various mollusks and fish.
(c) The vegetables from his vegetable garden.
(d) The meals the Other brings him.

3. Why does the Other tell Piranesi he might not want to stick around and work with him on one day in Part I?
(a) He is singing and he does not have the best voice.
(b) He is cooking and not everyone likes his kind of food.
(c) He is working on a ritual.
(d) He needs privacy to speak to the dead of the House.

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

5. What does Piranesi hypothesize about the wisdom of the birds?
(a) It is derived from their diet.
(b) It is non-existent.
(c) It depends on each individual bird.
(d) Perhaps it resides in the flock and not the individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi mistake the albatross for at first?

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

3. Who is the Biscuit-Box Man?

4. Which area of the House is derelict?

5. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?

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