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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 many years did Arne-Sayles spend in prison?

2. What date was the longest journal entry about Ketterly for?

3. Why was 16's voice not at all what Piranesi was expecting?

4. Where does Piranesi find the missing pages on Ketterley from his journals?

5. What does Ketterley use for the ritual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Piranesi have to do in order to collect all the ripped-up scraps of paper from his journals?

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

9. What puzzles Piranesi about the organization of his journals in Part III?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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