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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 mistake the albatross for at first?
(a) His mother.
(b) Death.
(c) An angel.
(d) A vision of a shining white cross.

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

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

4. Who does Piranesi think the visitor in Part II is at first?
(a) The Folded-Up Child.
(b) 16.
(c) The Other.
(d) The Biscuit-Box man.

5. 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?
(a) Crows.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Albatrosses.
(d) Herring gulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Piranesi meet in Part II by the Western Doors?

2. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?

3. What does the Other tell Piranesi about Piranesi in Part II that shocks him?

4. What does Piranesi eat in the House?

5. Who gave Piranesi his name?

(see the answer key)

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