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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the Other ask Piranesi for in Part I?
(a) Food.
(b) A song.
(c) Data.
(d) Clothes.

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

3. Who does Piranesi think the visitor in Part II is at first?
(a) The Other.
(b) The Folded-Up Child.
(c) 16.
(d) The Biscuit-Box man.

4. Why does Piranesi think the House gives more to the Other than to him?
(a) The Other pays the House.
(b) The Other does not know how to take care of himself like Piranesi does.
(c) The Other must do rituals to extract things from the House.
(d) The Other knows the person who runs the House.

5. Which area of the House is derelict?
(a) The South-Western Halls.
(b) The Vestibules.
(c) The North-Eastern Halls.
(d) The Drowned Halls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?

2. What does Piranesi often take particular note of about his meetings with the Other in his journals?

3. What kind of bird comes to the South-Western Halls in Part I?

4. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?

5. Why does the Other tell Piranesi he might not want to stick around and work with him on one day in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the note Piranesi finds in the House in Part II, and what does the note ask?

2. What rare event does Piranesi witness in Part I in the House?

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

4. Why does the Other bring new shoes to Piranesi?

5. What significant suggestion does Piranesi make to the Other about his work in Part II?

6. What does the Other ask Piranesi about in the section titled "The Other" that Piranesi is puzzled about?

7. What is Piranesi determined to explore as much of as he can in his lifetime?

8. What are the only things Piranesi has witnessed outside the House?

9. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?

10. Why does Piranesi think the Other has so many more things and conveniences that he himself does?

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