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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 is described at the beginning of the third part of Chapter 2?

2. How much money does Calogero have?

3. What is Garibaldi doing as the Prince eats lunch and takes a nap?

4. What distracts the Prince from thinking about the soldier?

5. What causes the Prince's bad dreams to fade away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tancredi act towards Angelica after the dinner and what is Concetta's response?

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

3. How is the garden described in Chapter 1?

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

5. What is Tancredi doing at the end of Chapter 2?

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

7. What is the conversation between Pirrone and the Prince about in Chapter 1, Part 2?

8. How does the manager describe Angelica to the Prince and what is the Prince's opinion of Calogero at the end of Chapter 2, Part 1?

9. What letter does the Prince receive at the end of Chapter 1, Part 2, and what is his response to it?

10. Who is Calogero and what request does he make for the dinner at the Salina's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is the main literary technique used in The Leopard. Describe 5 different examples of symbols that are presented in the book, the events and situations related to them, and how each symbol used reflects the characters involved and/or the main theme of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Ciccio's theory about money and the way people view Calogero. Also, describe the Prince's opinion of money and its place in the aristocracy. Use the book to provide examples of how the issues of the characters can be applied to a more general sense of the role money plays in society.

Essay Topic 3

Irony and foreshadowing are two of the many literary techniques used by the author in writing The Leopard.

1) Describe 3 examples of foreshadowing in the book and how they represent the main theme.

2) Describe 3 examples of irony in the book and the significance of the characters and places for each one.

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