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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Concetta asked Pirrone to deliver the news to the Prince?
(a) She appreciates Pirrone's ability to communicate.
(b) She is no longer speaking to her father.
(c) She is fearful of her father's reaction.
(d) She is out of town and cannot deliver it herself.

2. How is the morning described as Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Noisy.
(b) Unsettling.
(c) Silent.
(d) Bright.

3. How many of the guests have arrived for the dinner when the Prince and Tancredi reach the house?
(a) None of them.
(b) Some of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Most of them.

4. Who is Paolo?
(a) The Prince's friend.
(b) The Prince's cousin.
(c) The Prince's nephew.
(d) The Prince's son.

5. What is Garibaldi doing as the Prince eats lunch and takes a nap?
(a) Resting.
(b) Preparing for battle.
(c) Fighting in a battle.
(d) Negotiating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prince worried Tancredi has done?

2. How does Pirrone react when he interrupts the Prince?

3. How does the Prince's family know he is upset at dinner in Chapter 1?

4. What does the Prince like about his daughter?

5. How is the Prince greeted by the officials in Chapter 2, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Prince worried about in his return trip from Palermo that takes place in Chapter 1, Part 1?

2. Why is Tancredi gone when the Prince finishes his visit at the convent?

3. How is the trip to Donnafugata described and what do the cicadas represent?

4. What is the Prince doing as Pirrone interrupts him in Chapter 2, Part 2, and how does Pirrone react?

5. What is the news that Pirrone brings to the Prince?

6. What is the symbolic dessert made for the Prince?

7. How does the family know the Prince is upset at dinner and what announcement does he make?

8. What is the reasoning used by Tancredi to justify his desire to marry Angelica in his letters to the Prince?

9. When, where, and how does The Leopard begin in Chapter 1?

10. How is the garden described in Chapter 1?

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