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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 do when he spirits Sorensen to the other world?

3. Who discovered that Arne-Sayles was keeping a prisoner in his house?

4. 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?

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 Piranesi resolve to take better care of himself in Part III?

2. Why did Arne-Sayles go to prison?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the symbolism and meaning in the way Ketterley dies at the end of the novel, especially considering his attitudes towards the House itself throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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