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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 Piranesi have to brave to find food?

2. How does Piranesi feel about the presence of the dead in the House?

3. Why does Piranesi venture to the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

4. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?

5. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What theory does Piranesi forumulate about the bones of the Folded-Up Child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Matthew Rose Sorensen/Piranesi cautions Raphael not to "disappear" at the end of the novel, and what does he really mean by this (243)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are Piranesi's conflicting feelings about communicating with 16? What ultimately affects his decision to trust 16 (Raphael?) Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some characteristics of Piranesi's world in general and the House specifically that set it apart from the world the reader knows? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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