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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. How does Piranesi account for his own understanding of words in his journals that are unfamiliar to him at first?

2. Where were the early volumes of D'Agostino's journals kept?

3. Who else does Piranesi want to warn of the momentous event about to happen in Part IV?

4. Who was Stanley Ovenden, according to Piranesi's journal?

5. What does Piranesi decide to do with 16's written message to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piranesi know someone else has been in the House in Part III?

2. Why does Dr. Ketterley repeatedly ask Sorensen if anyone knows he is there at his house?

3. What message does 16 write to Piranesi that jogs Piranesi's memory in Part IV?

4. What does Piranesi hear the Other shouting at 16 in Part III?

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. What overriding problem does Piranesi have regarding the Other in Part III?

7. What startling discovery does Piranesi make in Part IV about the tides?

8. What does Piranesi do to try to ensure 16's safety in Part IV?

9. What information does Piranesi begin to keep from the Other about 16?

10. Who does Piranesi begin to realize the Other really is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the various statues in the House represent, which one is Piranesi's favorite, and why? 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

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.

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