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

2. 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 leaving food for him.
(d) By scratching letters in the sand with their beaks.

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

4. What word does the Other use for the "halls?"
(a) Spaces.
(b) Holes.
(c) Apartments.
(d) Rooms.

5. 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 about to be attacked by a swarm of bees.
(d) The woman is in a grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which season is challenging for Piranesi?

2. What kinds of clothes does the Other usually wear?

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

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

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

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