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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. How does the Other propose to Piranesi they kill intruders to the House?
(a) With poison.
(b) With a gun.
(c) With a rope.
(d) With a knife.

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?
(a) A flag.
(b) A knife.
(c) A container of hot food.
(d) A gun.

3. Why is the Other unconcerned about the event Piranesi predicts in Part IV?
(a) He does not think the lunar eclipse can harm him.
(b) He will not be there in the House that day, so he will not be harmed.
(c) He is used to fires.
(d) He tells Piranesi he is immune to all harm.

4. How does Piranesi begin to think of his relationship with Matthew Rose Sorensen at the end of Part IV?
(a) Matthew Rose Sorensen is like a treasured colleague of Piranesi's.
(b) Matthew Rose Sorensen is like a brother to Piranesi.
(c) It is as if Matthew Rose Sorensen is asleep within Piranesi.
(d) Matthew Rose Sorensen is like Piranesi's grandfather.

5. What does Sorensen tell Ketterley he is primarily interested in?
(a) Classics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Transgressive ideas.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi realize has happened to his message for 16 about the flood?

2. What is the simple, single-line message 16 leaves for Piranesi in Part IV?

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

4. Where does Piranesi keep his journals?

5. Where were the early volumes of D'Agostino's journals kept?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piranesi know someone else has been in the House in Part III?

2. What does Piranesi do to try to ensure 16's safety in Part IV?

3. Why does Piranesi take his ornaments out of his hair in Part III?

4. What puzzles Piranesi about the organization of his journals in Part III?

5. What does Piranesi do with the chalk message from 16?

6. What does Piranesi hear the Other shouting at 16 in Part III?

7. In Part III, what does the Other tell Piranesi about 16 that shocks and appalls Piranesi?

8. What information does Piranesi begin to keep from the Other about 16?

9. What overriding problem does Piranesi have regarding the Other in Part III?

10. Why does Matthew Rose Sorensen originally visit Dr. Ketterley?

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