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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. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi he will give directions to to get to the House?
(a) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(b) Piranesi's mother.
(c) The Other.
(d) 16.

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

3. Who wrote the book The Magician's Nephew that Clarke quotes from in Part I?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

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

5. What is it about the woman and beehive statue that gives Piranesi a sense of queasiness?
(a) A bee is stinging her.
(b) The woman is in a grave.
(c) A bee crawls over her left eye.
(d) The woman is about to be attacked by a swarm of bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?

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

3. What sometimes drifts into Piranesi's area of the House where he sleeps?

4. What does Piranesi call the person the Other says might visit the House in Part II?

5. What does Piranesi whisper to niches and plinths in Part II, hoping for a sign of recognition?

(see the answer key)

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