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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. Where does Piranesi believe 16 lives?
(a) In a hall near to Piranesi's own Halls.
(b) In another world.
(c) On an ocean island.
(d) In a far-off region of the House, in his own Halls.

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

3. Which creatures does Piranesi sometimes talk to in the House?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The insects.
(c) The cats.
(d) The birds.

4. What does Piranesi's note to the Other say in Part II?
(a) He needs to get out of this House for a while.
(b) He will not keep helping the Other with his work.
(c) He is now going to hide from the Other.
(d) He will keep helping the Other with his work.

5. What does Piranesi get an exhilarating inkling of when he visits the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) What it is like to feel God's presence.
(b) What it might be like if there were thousands of people in the world instead of just two, as he believes.
(c) What it is like to feel the real love from another human being.
(d) What it is like to hear real music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?

2. What event does Piranesi witness in Part I that only happens once every eight years?

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

4. Who wrote the book The Magician's Nephew that Clarke quotes from in Part I?

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

(see the answer key)

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