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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 of the following does Piranesi do in preparation for the significant event he has predicted will happen soon in the House?
2. How does the Other propose to Piranesi they kill intruders to the House?
3. What smell does Sorensen immediately detect in Ketterley's house that seems out of place?
4. How often does Piranesi index his journal entries?
5. What music was playing in Ketterley's house during the ritual?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Piranesi begin to realize the Other really is?
2. Why does Piranesi take his ornaments out of his hair in Part III?
3. What message does 16 write to Piranesi that jogs Piranesi's memory in Part IV?
4. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?
5. Where was the location of the place Arne-Sayles identified as the last place he had stood before rationality "gripped his mind" (152)?
6. Why does Dr. Ketterley repeatedly ask Sorensen if anyone knows he is there at his house?
7. What does Piranesi hear the Other shouting at 16 in Part III?
8. Why does Matthew Rose Sorensen originally visit Dr. Ketterley?
9. What puzzles Piranesi about the organization of his journals in Part III?
10. What does Piranesi do with the chalk message from 16?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Arne-Sayles, what has humankind lost in the name of progress? How does Arne-Sayles try to regain what he posits humans have lost in the age of progress? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
In Part I, why does the Other ask Piranesi how much he remembers, and, specifically, if he remembers Batter-Sea? When does the reader finally understand the true intentions of these questions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Clarke chose to write the novel as a series of journal entries? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.
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