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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 one is Piranesi's favorite statue?
2. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi his world is?
3. What is the Other on a quest after?
4. What does Piranesi eat in the House?
5. What revelation comes to Piranesi on his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Piranesi think the person he meets by chance in Part II in the House is?
2. What are the only things Piranesi has witnessed outside the House?
3. Why does Piranesi think the Other has so many more things and conveniences that he himself does?
4. What does Piranesi see in the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall that awes him?
5. Who wrote the note Piranesi finds in the House in Part II, and what does the note ask?
6. What does Piranesi think is strange about the fact that the Other calls him Piranesi?
7. What theory does Piranesi forumulate about the bones of the Folded-Up Child?
8. What is Piranesi determined to explore as much of as he can in his lifetime?
9. What does Piranesi suggest that the Other use in his important ritual and why does he suggest this?
10. Why does the Other tell Piranesi that the House does not affect him as it does Piranesi?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Piranesi think that only 15 people have ever lived in the World, and who does he think they were/are? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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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