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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) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Transgressive ideas.
(d) Classics.

2. What does Ketterley bring to the Halls to try to save himself from the flood?
(a) A canoe.
(b) A scuba suit and tank.
(c) A length of rope.
(d) An inflatable boat.

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

4. 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 a warmer coat.
(b) He coats himself in water-proof oil.
(c) He takes the bones of the dead to higher ground.
(d) He gets special sunglasses to shield his eyes from the eclipse.

5. What name is the Other shouting in Part III when Piranesi comes upon him?
(a) Marcello.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Fiorelli.
(d) Pastina.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Piranesi remember the Prophet having told him about what would happen the closer 16 gets to Piranesi?

4. What does Ketterley do when he spirits Sorensen to the other world?

5. What smell does Sorensen immediately detect in Ketterley's house that seems out of place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What startling discovery does Piranesi make in Part IV about the tides?

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

6. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

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

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

9. Why does Dr. Ketterley repeatedly ask Sorensen if anyone knows he is there at his house?

10. Who is James Ritter?

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