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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was 16's voice not at all what Piranesi was expecting?
(a) He realizes 16 is a woman.
(b) He realizes 16 is speaking in a language other than his own.
(c) The voice is very familiar to him.
(d) The voice is very, very deep.

3. What do Piranesi's journals say Matthew Rose Sorensen studied?
(a) Classics.
(b) Mathematics and transgressive thinking.
(c) Biology.
(d) Writing.

4. Who does Piranesi see the word Battersea associated with in his journals?
(a) D'Agostino.
(b) 16.
(c) Ketterley.
(d) Arne-Sayles.

5. What is the name of one of D'Agostino's films?
(a) Fellegrino.
(b) Stars and Bars.
(c) Moon/Wood.
(d) Lupin.

6. Who does Piranesi realize gave him the name Piranesi in Part IV?
(a) The Other.
(b) 16.
(c) His mother.
(d) Arne-Sayles.

7. What adjective does Piranesi use to refer to James Ritter repeatedly?
(a) Poor.
(b) Forgotten.
(c) Wayward.
(d) Brilliant.

8. What word does Ketterley say so many people always use in reference to Arne-Sayles?
(a) Depravity.
(b) Magnifying.
(c) Criminality.
(d) Conjuring.

9. Why does the person who gave Piranesi his name name him Piranesi?
(a) It is the name of a famous writer.
(b) It is a name associated with labyrinths.
(c) It is the name of a seer.
(d) It is the name of a king.

10. What scent surprises Piranesi in the First Vestibule in Part III?
(a) A fecal smell.
(b) The smell of fear.
(c) The smell of delicious cooking.
(d) Perfume that smells of lemons and geranium.

11. What does Piranesi take out of his hair?
(a) Shells and ornaments.
(b) The lint.
(c) The lice.
(d) The gray, using hair dye.

12. What does Ketterley use for the ritual?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) A candle.
(c) Flute music.
(d) Ancient dancing.

13. Who do Piranesi's journals say Ketterley was a student of?
(a) Piranesi.
(b) D'Agostino.
(c) Arne-Sayles.
(d) Frangipani.

14. Why does Ketterley say Arne-Sayles most often described the other world as a labyrinth?
(a) Because of its association with the stars.
(b) Because of its associations with a vision of cosmic grandeur.
(c) Because of its references to American literature.
(d) Because of its association with academia.

15. Who else does Piranesi want to warn of the momentous event about to happen in Part IV?
(a) 16.
(b) The Biscuit Box Man.
(c) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(d) Arne-Sayles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Piranesi's favorite statues?

2. Which of the following does Piranesi find in the bag he knows the Other must have left in the House in the end of Part IV?

3. Where does Piranesi keep his journals?

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

5. How does Piranesi begin to think of his relationship with Matthew Rose Sorensen at the end of Part IV?

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