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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?
(a) He is indifferent to it.
(b) It is sad.
(c) He is scared by it.
(d) It is consolatory.

3. Why does the Other say it is only a small chance someone else will come to the House?
(a) He will try to kill anyone who approaches.
(b) The House is veiled in magic.
(c) The House has guards.
(d) No one else knows the way there.

4. What does the box the Other brings a gift to Piranesi in have on the outside of it?
(a) The word "aquarium" and an octopus.
(b) A pretzel.
(c) The name of a sports team and logo.
(d) A flower.

5. What does Piranesi whisper to niches and plinths in Part II, hoping for a sign of recognition?
(a) The Other.
(b) 16.
(c) Addy Domarus.
(d) Laurence Arne-Sayles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

2. How does Piranesi think the birds sometimes try to communicate with him?

3. Who does Piranesi show his new shoes to?

4. Why does the Other threaten to stop working with Piranesi in Part II?

5. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?

(see the answer key)

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