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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. What does Piranesi practice in Part III?

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

3. What does Piranesi remember the Prophet having told him about what would happen the closer 16 gets to Piranesi?

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

5. What does Sorensen scream at Ketterley when he finds himself in the other world all of a sudden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is James Ritter?

4. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

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

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

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

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

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

Why does Piranesi think that only 15 people have ever lived in the World, and who does he think they were/are? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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.

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