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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Stanley Ovenden, according to Piranesi's journal?
(a) An English student of Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(b) A maintenance worker at Oxford University.
(c) A vulcanizer in Paris.
(d) A shop-keeper in Bristol.

2. Who was the fiance of the student who disappeared, for which there is an entry in Piranesi's journal in Part III?
(a) Jennifer Michelson.
(b) Elena Marietti.
(c) Michael Generao.
(d) Franklin Farady.

3. What does Ketterley bring Sorensen to drink in Part IV?
(a) Soda.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

4. What music was playing in Ketterley's house during the ritual?
(a) Bruce Springsteen.
(b) Nine Inch Nails.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) Mozart.

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

6. What date was the longest journal entry about Ketterly for?
(a) November 15, 2012.
(b) May 3, 2012.
(c) February 21, 2013.
(d) September 19, 2011.

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

8. Who was the only other person to allegedly be able to get to the other world by altering a state of mind?
(a) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(b) Stanley Ovenden.
(c) James Ritter.
(d) Ketterley.

9. How many pages associated with Ketterley in Piranesi's journals are missing?
(a) 50.
(b) 67.
(c) 145.
(d) 32.

10. Who is one of Laurence Arne-Sayles's most devoted students?
(a) Marshall Windham.
(b) Fabian Gould.
(c) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(d) Charlotte Henry.

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

12. How has Piranesi always thought of himself?
(a) As a fighter.
(b) As a lover.
(c) As an artist.
(d) As a scientist.

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

14. Where was Sylvia D'Agostino born, according to Piranesi's journal?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sorensen tell Ketterley he is primarily interested in?

3. Which of the following journal entries of Piranesi's was James Ritter mentioned in?

4. What image does Piranesi see when he reads the message 16 writes to him in Part IV?

5. Who does Piranesi come to the conclusion that the person he refers to as The Prophet really is?

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