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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 Piranesi's note to the Other say in Part II?

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

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

5. What does the Other instruct Piranesi to do if he ever sees anyone else in the labyrinth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the only things Piranesi has witnessed outside the House?

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

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

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

5. What does Piranesi see in the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall that awes him?

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

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

8. How does Piranesi get his food?

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

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

Write an essay describing Piranesi's interactions and attitudes with the various birds in the House, specifically the albatrosses, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Clarke's treatment of the themes of rationalism and the natural world, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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