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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 does Piranesi think might have written the words on the scraps of paper he puts together?

2. What does Ketterley suggest he and Sorensen do just as Sorensen is preparing to leave his house?

3. Where did Arne-Sayles assign D'Agostino a room in his house, according to Piranesi's journals?

4. What do Piranesi's journals say Matthew Rose Sorensen studied?

5. Who is Piranesi stunned to find in his journal index in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Piranesi's journals reveal about Matthew Rose Sorensen?

3. Who is James Ritter?

4. Why does Matthew Rose Sorensen originally visit Dr. Ketterley?

5. Who is Maurizio Giussani and how does Piranesi find out about him?

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

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

8. What was the relationship between Sylvia D'Agostino and Laurence Arne-Sayles?

9. What does Piranesi do with the chalk message from 16?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most striking and important differences Piranesi notes between himself and The Other in the beginning of the novel, when Piranesi believes the Other to be living in the same House as he does? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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