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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. Who has already written a book about Arne-Sayles, according to Piranesi's journals?
2. What does Piranesi write in his first note to 16?
3. Which of the following were some of the jobs James Ritter once worked at?
4. Where does Piranesi find the missing pages on Ketterley from his journals?
5. What scent surprises Piranesi in the First Vestibule in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is James Ritter?
2. What comforts Piranesi in Part III when he feels much confusion about his own memories and his hazy past?
3. In Part III, what does the Other tell Piranesi about 16 that shocks and appalls Piranesi?
4. Why does Piranesi take his ornaments out of his hair in Part III?
5. Who does Piranesi begin to realize the Other really is?
6. What overriding problem does Piranesi have regarding the Other in Part III?
7. Why does Dr. Ketterley repeatedly ask Sorensen if anyone knows he is there at his house?
8. What startling discovery does Piranesi make in Part IV about the tides?
9. What was the relationship between Sylvia D'Agostino and Laurence Arne-Sayles?
10. Where was the location of the place Arne-Sayles identified as the last place he had stood before rationality "gripped his mind" (152)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which characters in this novel use their power and status to abuse, manipulate, and/or exploit others? Which characters use their positions of authority and power in moral ways? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What do the various statues in the House represent, which one is Piranesi's favorite, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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