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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 find in the bag he knows the Other must have left in the House in the end of Part IV?

2. How many pages associated with Ketterley in Piranesi's journals are missing?

3. What does Sorensen tell Ketterley he is excellent at?

4. Who is the student that disappeared, an entry for which appears in Piranesi's journal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what does the Other tell Piranesi about 16 that shocks and appalls Piranesi?

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

7. Where was the location of the place Arne-Sayles identified as the last place he had stood before rationality "gripped his mind" (152)?

8. Who is James Ritter?

9. What comforts Piranesi in Part III when he feels much confusion about his own memories and his hazy past?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Piranesi repeatedly try to dissuade the Other from pursuing his quest for A Great and Secret Knowledge, and what are some specific reasons Piranesi thinks this quest is somewhat pointless, and even vaguely immoral? 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

Write an essay describing Piranesi's interactions and attitudes with the various birds in the House, specifically the albatrosses, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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