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

2. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?
(a) To find the Other right away and tell him about it.
(b) To hide and not to speak to that person or people.
(c) To find Laurence Arne-Sayles right away and tell him about it.
(d) To speak politely to that person or people.

3. What does Piranesi often take particular note of about his meetings with the Other in his journals?
(a) The Other's accent.
(b) The Other's suits and clothes.
(c) The Other's breathing patterns.
(d) The state of the Other's teeth.

4. Why does Piranesi think the House gives more to the Other than to him?
(a) The Other knows the person who runs the House.
(b) The Other must do rituals to extract things from the House.
(c) The Other pays the House.
(d) The Other does not know how to take care of himself like Piranesi does.

5. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi about the Great and Secret Knowledge?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It only exists for children to find it.
(c) Piranesi might find it, but the Other will not.
(d) It only exists in the real world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of birds used the scraps of paper in their nests that Piranesi wants to put together to make a whole and be able to read?

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

3. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?

4. Who does Piranesi show his new shoes to?

5. How does Piranesi feel about the dark?

(see the answer key)

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