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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which season is challenging for Piranesi?
2. Which one is Piranesi's favorite statue?
3. Why does Piranesi venture to the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
4. Who wrote the book The Magician's Nephew that Clarke quotes from in Part I?
5. What gift does the Other bring for Piranesi in Part II that he loves?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Piranesi see in the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall that awes him?
2. Why does Piranesi think the Other has so many more things and conveniences that he himself does?
3. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?
4. Who wrote the note Piranesi finds in the House in Part II, and what does the note ask?
5. What is the Other trying to accomplish with Piranesi's help?
6. How does Laurence Arne-Sayles describe his work in Part I?
7. Who does Piranesi think the person he meets by chance in Part II in the House is?
8. What does the other person Piranesi meets in the House in Part II tell him about the Great and Secret Knowledge?
9. What theory does Piranesi forumulate about the bones of the Folded-Up Child?
10. Who is the only other person living in the House besides Piranesi, to the best of his knowledge, in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the most striking and important differences Piranesi notes between himself and The Other in the beginning of the novel, when Piranesi believes the Other to be living in the same House as he does? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the symbolism and meaning in the way Ketterley dies at the end of the novel, especially considering his attitudes towards the House itself throughout the book.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the concept of so-called "transgressive thinking" as Clarke describes it, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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