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

2. 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 Piranesi's grandfather.
(b) Matthew Rose Sorensen is like a brother to Piranesi.
(c) Matthew Rose Sorensen is like a treasured colleague of Piranesi's.
(d) It is as if Matthew Rose Sorensen is asleep within Piranesi.

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

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

5. What does Ketterley use for the ritual?
(a) A candle.
(b) Ancient dancing.
(c) Ribbons.
(d) Flute music.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What are some words from his journal entries that particularly confuse Piranesi?

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

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

5. What name is the Other shouting in Part III when Piranesi comes upon him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comforts Piranesi in Part III when he feels much confusion about his own memories and his hazy past?

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

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

4. What message does 16 write to Piranesi that jogs Piranesi's memory in Part IV?

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

6. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

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

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

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

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

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