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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which season is challenging for Piranesi?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.
2. What event does Piranesi witness in Part I that only happens once every eight years?
(a) The lunar eclipse.
(b) The setting of two suns.
(c) The joining of the tides.
(d) The solar eclipse.
3. What does Piranesi call the person the Other says might visit the House in Part II?
(a) 40.
(b) 32.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.
4. What does Piranesi suggest the Other addressing his ritual invocation to?
(a) A star.
(b) The sun.
(c) Himself, Piranesi.
(d) The statues.
5. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?
(a) The Trampled Man.
(b) The Faun.
(c) The Fox teaching creatures.
(d) The Minotaur.
6. What does Piranesi eat in the House?
(a) The cows he kills.
(b) The meals the Other brings him.
(c) Seaweed and various mollusks and fish.
(d) The vegetables from his vegetable garden.
7. How does Piranesi feel about the Other's attitude towards the House?
(a) He thinks it is disrespectful.
(b) He is indifferent to it.
(c) He thinks it is suspicious.
(d) He thinks it is appropriately reverent.
8. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?
(a) The Faun.
(b) The men emerging from the wall.
(c) The Minotaurs.
(d) The Fox.
9. Why does Piranesi think the Other has asked him about Batter-Sea?
(a) He thinks it means something important to the Other.
(b) He thinks it is where the Other was born.
(c) He thinks it might be where he was born.
(d) He thinks it is a control question in his data-collecting.
10. Which of the following does the Other ask Piranesi for in Part I?
(a) A song.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Food.
(d) Data.
11. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?
(a) He is indifferent to it.
(b) He is scared by it.
(c) It is sad.
(d) It is consolatory.
12. What does Piranesi notice about the yellow leaf he sees on the waters in Part I?
(a) It is decayed.
(b) Its surface repells water, like something that is meant to stay in the air.
(c) It has been eaten by a creature already.
(d) It tastes sweet.
13. What do the windows of the House look out upon?
(a) The sea.
(b) The forest.
(c) The desert.
(d) Great Courtyards.
14. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi he will give directions to to get to the House?
(a) 16.
(b) The Other.
(c) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(d) Piranesi's mother.
15. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?
(a) Seek the counsel of other friends.
(b) Read back through his journals.
(c) Listen to his recordings.
(d) Venture back to his original world.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who gave Piranesi his name?
2. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi about the Great and Secret Knowledge?
3. Who does the visitor tell Piranesi the Other really is?
4. What does Piranesi have to brave to find food?
5. Where do Piranesi and the Other often meet?
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