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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. How does the Other propose to Piranesi they kill intruders to the House?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With a rope.
(c) With poison.
(d) With a gun.

2. Where was the house Arne-Sayles grew up in?
(a) Charlington.
(b) Lyme Regis.
(c) Essex.
(d) Surrey.

3. What does Piranesi tell Ketterley he remembers now in Part V?
(a) Arne-Sayles.
(b) Battersea.
(c) Baking.
(d) Lyme Higgin.

4. What does Piranesi get an exhilarating inkling of when he visits the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) What it is like to feel the real love from another human being.
(b) What it is like to hear real music.
(c) What it is like to feel God's presence.
(d) What it might be like if there were thousands of people in the world instead of just two, as he believes.

5. What does Piranesi suggest the Other addressing his ritual invocation to?
(a) Himself, Piranesi.
(b) The sun.
(c) A star.
(d) The statues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the fiance of the student who disappeared, for which there is an entry in Piranesi's journal in Part III?

2. What are there very few of in the House?

3. What are the white shapes Piranesi sees scattered around the pavement as he makes his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

4. How many pages associated with Ketterley in Piranesi's journals are missing?

5. What kind of bird comes to the South-Western Halls in Part I?

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