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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 event does Piranesi witness in Part I that only happens once every eight years?
(a) The setting of two suns.
(b) The joining of the tides.
(c) The solar eclipse.
(d) The lunar eclipse.

2. What revelation comes to Piranesi on his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) The Other might be his enemy.
(b) The Great and Secret Knowledge seems insignificant to him now.
(c) He needs to try to meet another person besides the Other.
(d) He does not know where his own mother is.

3. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?
(a) Dries seaweed and brings it to them.
(b) Helps them build the nest with paper.
(c) Builds them a nest of cotton and logs.
(d) Finds hay for them.

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

5. Who does the Other tell Piranesi Addy Domarus is?
(a) A Priest.
(b) His own grandfather.
(c) A long-dead king.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi suggest the Other addressing his ritual invocation to?

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

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

4. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?

5. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?

(see the answer key)

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