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

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

3. Which season is challenging for Piranesi?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?
(a) Bring him to the real world.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Learn from him.
(d) Write more journal entries for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?

2. What does Piranesi have to brave to find food?

3. What does Piranesi hypothesize about the wisdom of the birds?

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

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

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