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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 is Piranesi's starting point for the numbering of the Halls?
(a) The First Vestibule.
(b) The Hall with the Fox statues.
(c) The Ninety-Second Hall to the North.
(d) The Hall with the coalescing tides.

2. What does Piranesi hypothesize about the wisdom of the birds?
(a) It depends on each individual bird.
(b) It is derived from their diet.
(c) It is non-existent.
(d) Perhaps it resides in the flock and not the individual.

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

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

5. What does the Other tell Piranesi he might be forced to do if Piranesi talks to 16?
(a) Kill Piranesi.
(b) Make Piranesi go to jail.
(c) Take Piranesi to another world.
(d) Take all of Piranesi's journals and burn them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?

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

3. Who does Piranesi find a note from in Part II?

4. What does Piranesi eat in the House?

5. Which creatures does Piranesi sometimes talk to in the House?

(see the answer key)

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