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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 201 - 245).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the box the Other brings a gift to Piranesi in have on the outside of it?
(a) The name of a sports team and logo.
(b) A flower.
(c) A pretzel.
(d) The word "aquarium" and an octopus.

2. How often does Piranesi index his journal entries?
(a) Once per year.
(b) Once per day.
(c) Every other week or so.
(d) Once every month.

3. What does Ketterley try and fail to grasp as the waters rise?
(a) His inflatable boat.
(b) His glasses.
(c) His rope.
(d) His knife.

4. Who discovered that Arne-Sayles was keeping a prisoner in his house?
(a) Arne-Sayles's students.
(b) Arne-Sayles's housekeeper.
(c) Piranesi.
(d) Arne-Sayles's brother.

5. What does Piranesi help Raphael to do in Part V to avoid the flood?
(a) Climb higher.
(b) Go underground.
(c) Find the boat he has stashed for them earlier.
(d) Leave the House altogether.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Stanley Ovenden, according to Piranesi's journal?

4. What was Laurence Arne-Sayles eventually arrested for?

5. What does Piranesi use to number the journals in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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