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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. Where does Piranesi find the missing pages on Ketterley from his journals?
(a) In the scraps of paper he had collected from the birds' nests in the Eighty-eighth Western Hall.
(b) In the journals hidden under his mattress.
(c) In the bag 16 left in the vestibule.
(d) In the bag the Other left at the Minotaur statues.

2. Which of the following does Piranesi do in preparation for the significant event he has predicted will happen soon in the House?
(a) He gets special sunglasses to shield his eyes from the eclipse.
(b) He gets a warmer coat.
(c) He takes the bones of the dead to higher ground.
(d) He coats himself in water-proof oil.

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

4. Who has already written a book about Arne-Sayles, according to Piranesi's journals?
(a) Angharad Scott.
(b) James Ritter.
(c) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(d) Valentine Ketterley.

5. What have both the Other and the Prophet said the House is a source of?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Madness and forgetfulness.
(d) Malice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does 16 refer to Laurence Arne-Sayles in her note to Piranesi?

2. What is the name of one of D'Agostino's films?

3. How does Piranesi's journal describe D'Agostino's appearance?

4. What does Ketterley bring to the Halls to try to save himself from the flood?

5. What does Piranesi do to warn 16 about the momentous event he predicts in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Piranesi's journals reveal about Matthew Rose Sorensen?

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

4. Who is James Ritter?

5. What does Piranesi tell 16 in his first written message to 16?

6. Who is Maurizio Giussani and how does Piranesi find out about him?

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

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

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

10. What does Piranesi have to do in order to collect all the ripped-up scraps of paper from his journals?

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