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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 kinds of clothes does the Other usually wear?

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

3. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi about the Great and Secret Knowledge?

4. What does the Other tell Piranesi about Piranesi in Part II that shocks him?

5. What does Piranesi hypothesize about the wisdom of the birds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Other bring new shoes to Piranesi?

4. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?

5. What is the Other trying to accomplish with Piranesi's help?

6. What does the Other ask Prianesi to promise him in Part II?

7. Who wrote the note Piranesi finds in the House in Part II, and what does the note ask?

8. What is Piranesi's relationship with the birds in the House?

9. What is Piranesi's favorite statue, and what does he think it means?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the various statues in the House represent, which one is Piranesi's favorite, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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