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

2. Which area of the House is derelict?
(a) The Vestibules.
(b) The South-Western Halls.
(c) The North-Eastern Halls.
(d) The Drowned Halls.

3. What event does Piranesi witness in Part I that only happens once every eight years?
(a) The joining of the tides.
(b) The setting of two suns.
(c) The solar eclipse.
(d) The lunar eclipse.

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

5. Why does Piranesi stop writing in his journal in the final month of the last year?
(a) The Other forbade him to write.
(b) His hands were too cold from the winter weather.
(c) He had nothing to write about.
(d) He lost his pens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does Piranesi believe ever existed in the World?

2. What is the Other afraid of in the House?

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

4. Why does the Other tell Piranesi he might not want to stick around and work with him on one day in Part I?

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

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