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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. What does the Other tell Piranesi he might be forced to do if Piranesi talks to 16?

2. Which area of the House is derelict?

3. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?

4. What does Piranesi mistake the albatross for at first?

5. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Other afraid of in the House?

2. Why does Piranesi think the Other has so many more things and conveniences that he himself does?

3. What is Piranesi determined to explore as much of as he can in his lifetime?

4. How does Laurence Arne-Sayles describe his work in Part I?

5. What does Piranesi find scattered in the Eighty-Eighth Western Hall that puzzles and intrigues him?

6. What does Piranesi think is strange about the fact that the Other calls him Piranesi?

7. What is the thing that Piranesi knows but always forgets about his world?

8. What does the Other ask Piranesi about in the section titled "The Other" that Piranesi is puzzled about?

9. Who is the only other person living in the House besides Piranesi, to the best of his knowledge, in Part I?

10. What does the Other tell Piranesi about himself in Part II that shocks and unsettles Piranesi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Piranesi react when the Other tells him he suffers from periodic amnesia, and what does the Other say is its cause? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Piranesi repeatedly try to dissuade the Other from pursuing his quest for A Great and Secret Knowledge, and what are some specific reasons Piranesi thinks this quest is somewhat pointless, and even vaguely immoral? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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