View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?
(a) He is indifferent to it.
(b) He thinks it is disrespectful.
(c) He thinks it is appropriately reverent.
(d) He thinks it is suspicious.

2. Which of the following journal entries of Piranesi's was James Ritter mentioned in?
(a) The Discordant World.
(b) The Chips Fell Down.
(c) The Disgrace of Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(d) The Prisoner.

3. 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 lunar eclipse.
(d) The solar eclipse.

4. Who is the student that disappeared, an entry for which appears in Piranesi's journal?
(a) Franklin Rosen.
(b) Penny Farady.
(c) Michael Tarten.
(d) Maurizio Giussani.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi eat in the House?

2. What does Piranesi think the House originally may have intended the Folded-Up Child for?

3. What kinds of birds used the scraps of paper in their nests that Piranesi wants to put together to make a whole and be able to read?

4. Why is the Other unconcerned about the event Piranesi predicts in Part IV?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 319 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample