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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sorensen scream at Ketterley when he finds himself in the other world all of a sudden?
(a) Damn you!
(b) You will not get away with this!
(c) Put it back!
(d) Out!

3. What does Piranesi use to number the journals in Part III?
(a) Red ink pen.
(b) Black Sharpie.
(c) White gel pen.
(d) Yellow paint.

4. What does reading his journals over again in Part III convince Piranesi the Other was right about?
(a) Sarah Raphael was coming to save Piranesi.
(b) Laurence Arne-Sayles was like a God.
(c) Piranesi was probably from another world.
(d) Piranesi had forgotten many things.

5. What does the Other say would happen in 16 was killed during the momentous event Piranesi predicts in Part IV?
(a) They would be charged with murder.
(b) 16's family would be furious.
(c) It would solve all kinds of problems for them.
(d) It would be a real tragedy.

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

7. What does Piranesi finally understand about the Other's ability to resist the degenerative effects of the House?
(a) He has rituals to protect him.
(b) He has a friend who protects him.
(c) He has medication to help him.
(d) He does not live in the House.

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

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

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

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

12. How does Piranesi extricate the strips of paper from the birds' nests?
(a) With mussel broth.
(b) With glue.
(c) With warm water and care.
(d) With bleach.

13. What are some words from his journal entries that particularly confuse Piranesi?
(a) Concepts like betrayal and love.
(b) Place names like Birmingham and Perugia.
(c) Nouns like car and sidewalk.
(d) Adjectives like sly and silly.

14. Where did Arne-Sayles assign D'Agostino a room in his house, according to Piranesi's journals?
(a) Essex.
(b) Whalley Range.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Surrey.

15. Where does Piranesi keep his journals?
(a) On a statue in the North-Eastern Corner in a leather messenger bag.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Behind the Faun statue.
(d) Near the First Vestibule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have both the Other and the Prophet said the House is a source of?

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

3. Who is one of Laurence Arne-Sayles's most devoted students?

4. Why does the Other tell Piranesi he did not tell him 16 is a woman?

5. Who has already written a book about Arne-Sayles, according to Piranesi's journals?

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