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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 is the Biscuit-Box Man?
(a) A skeleton that resides in the Third North-Western Hall.
(b) The person who lived with Piranesi in the former world.
(c) The person who takes Piranesi's vital signs every week.
(d) The person who delivers food for Piranesi.

2. Why does Piranesi stop writing in his journal in the final month of the last year?
(a) He lost his pens.
(b) The Other forbade him to write.
(c) He had nothing to write about.
(d) His hands were too cold from the winter weather.

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

4. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?
(a) Seek the counsel of other friends.
(b) Venture back to his original world.
(c) Read back through his journals.
(d) Listen to his recordings.

5. What does Piranesi whisper to niches and plinths in Part II, hoping for a sign of recognition?
(a) The Other.
(b) Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(c) 16.
(d) Addy Domarus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Other say the House does not affect him in the same way it affects Piranesi?

2. Who does Piranesi think is the Sixteenth Person in the beginning of Part I?

3. Why does Piranesi think the House gives more to the Other than to him?

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

5. Who gave Piranesi his name?

(see the answer key)

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