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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Arne-Sayles's book that Piranesi includes some extracts from in his journals?
(a) The Magic Night.
(b) The Bones Rituals.
(c) The Half-Seen Door.
(d) The Great and Secret Knowledge.

2. Which of the following were some of the jobs James Ritter once worked at?
(a) Actor, director, and stage hand.
(b) Lawyer, soldier, and accountant.
(c) Doctor and nurse.
(d) Model, waiter, barman, and prostitute.

3. Where is Piranesi's starting point for the numbering of the Halls?
(a) The First Vestibule.
(b) The Hall with the coalescing tides.
(c) The Hall with the Fox statues.
(d) The Ninety-Second Hall to the North.

4. What does Piranesi take out of his hair?
(a) The lice.
(b) The lint.
(c) The gray, using hair dye.
(d) Shells and ornaments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is the Other shouting in Part III when Piranesi comes upon him?

2. What do the windows of the House look out upon?

3. Why does Piranesi keep eating in the end of Part IV, even though he is distraught and does not feel like eating?

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

5. What does Laurence want directions to in his note in Part II?

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