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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 101 - 150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Piranesi think the House originally may have intended the Folded-Up Child for?
(a) As a fortune-teller to keep him company.
(b) As a potential wife for him.
(c) As a doctor to treat his illnesses.
(d) As a child he could raise.

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

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

4. Who is one of Laurence Arne-Sayles's most devoted students?
(a) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(b) Fabian Gould.
(c) Marshall Windham.
(d) Charlotte Henry.

5. Who does Piranesi think the surprising smell in Part III belongs to?
(a) The Biscuit-Box man.
(b) 16.
(c) Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(d) The Other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the Other use for the "halls?"

2. What does Piranesi get an exhilarating inkling of when he visits the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

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

4. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?

5. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?

(see the answer key)

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