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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 have to brave to find food?
(a) The wolf-infested halls.
(b) The diseased halls.
(c) The fires.
(d) The tides.

2. Who does Piranesi think is the Sixteenth Person in the beginning of Part I?
(a) He does not know, but he addresses the Sixteenth Person as "you."
(b) A deity who created the House.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

3. What task takes up much of Piranesi's time?
(a) His knitting.
(b) His work with the Other.
(c) His painting.
(d) His singing.

4. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?
(a) He thinks it is disrespectful.
(b) He thinks it is appropriately reverent.
(c) He is indifferent to it.
(d) He thinks it is suspicious.

5. How many people does Piranesi believe ever existed in the World?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1 Billion.
(c) 15.
(d) 3 Million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?

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

3. What revelation comes to Piranesi on his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

4. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?

5. What gift does the Other bring for Piranesi in Part II that he loves?

(see the answer key)

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