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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. According to Tancredi, where did Tassoni accompany him?
(a) To a convent.
(b) To a castle.
(c) To an auction.
(d) To a relative's house.

2. What is the Prince worried Tancredi has done?
(a) Fallen in with bad company.
(b) Betrayed his family.
(c) Lost half of his money.
(d) Lost all of his money.

3. Where is the Princess when the Prince returns from Palermo in Chapter 1?
(a) In bed.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the sitting room.
(d) She is gone.

4. In what way does the Prince consider himself and Tancredi more alike than he thought?
(a) Aristocratically in their thoughts.
(b) Aristocratically in their actions.
(c) Their positive reputation among common people.
(d) Their negative reputation among common people.

5. What is described at the beginning of the third part of Chapter 2?
(a) The dinner's last course.
(b) The dessert.
(c) The decor of the room.
(d) The dinner's first course.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the officials to the traditional first night dinner in Chapter 2, Part 1?

2. How does the Prince feel about Calogero's status?

3. What does the Prince pass on the way to Palermo?

4. How often does Angelica visit?

5. Where does the Prince go after his nap in Chapter 2, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How often does Tancredi write to the Prince and what is the subject of his letters?

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

3. What is the purpose of Tancredi's interruption of the Prince in Chapter 1, Part 2?

4. What is interesting about the way the Prince and Tancredi react to Angelica at the dinner?

5. What has happened as a result of the revolution?

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

7. What is the Plebiscite of Unification, and how does the Prince vote on it?

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

9. What is the tradition of the convent that the Prince visits and the Salina family?

10. What notion does Tancredi introduce to the Prince in the second part of Chapter 1, and how does the Prince respond?

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