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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) Waning crescent.
(b) Waxing crescent.
(c) Full.
(d) Half.

2. Where does Piranesi believe 16 lives?
(a) In a hall near to Piranesi's own Halls.
(b) On an ocean island.
(c) In a far-off region of the House, in his own Halls.
(d) In another world.

3. What does Piranesi use to weigh down his note to Laurence in Part II?
(a) A bowl.
(b) A book.
(c) A pebble.
(d) A shell.

4. What does the Other tell Piranesi he might be forced to do if Piranesi talks to 16?
(a) Kill Piranesi.
(b) Take all of Piranesi's journals and burn them.
(c) Make Piranesi go to jail.
(d) Take Piranesi to another world.

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

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

7. What does Piranesi's note to the Other say in Part II?
(a) He needs to get out of this House for a while.
(b) He is now going to hide from the Other.
(c) He will keep helping the Other with his work.
(d) He will not keep helping the Other with his work.

8. What gift does the Other bring for Piranesi in Part II that he loves?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Food.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A CD player.

9. Who does Piranesi meet in Part II by the Western Doors?
(a) The Folded-Up Child.
(b) The Biscuit-Box Man.
(c) The man he thinks of as The Prophet.
(d) Sylvia D'Agostino.

10. Which creatures does Piranesi sometimes talk to in the House?
(a) The insects.
(b) The cats.
(c) The birds.
(d) The dogs.

11. 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 might be like if there were thousands of people in the world instead of just two, as he believes.
(d) What it is like to feel God's presence.

12. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?
(a) To find Laurence Arne-Sayles right away and tell him about it.
(b) To find the Other right away and tell him about it.
(c) To hide and not to speak to that person or people.
(d) To speak politely to that person or people.

13. Who does Piranesi find a note from in Part II?
(a) A person named Ryan.
(b) A person named Sylvia.
(c) A person named Laurence.
(d) A person named James.

14. 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?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) White paint that someone has painted on the floor.
(c) Birds.
(d) Ripped-up scraps of paper that were journal entries.

15. Why does the Other threaten to stop working with Piranesi in Part II?
(a) Piranesi says he wants to leave the House.
(b) Piranesi says he wants to meet new people.
(c) Piranesi says he does not think they should keep going on the quest for the Great and Secret Knowledge.
(d) Piranesi says he can no longer write in his journals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of clothes does the Other usually wear?

2. What is the Other afraid of in the House?

3. Where is Piranesi's starting point for the numbering of the Halls?

4. Who does the Other tell Piranesi Addy Domarus is?

5. 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?

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