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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has not affected Angelica, according to Ciccio?
(a) Her family's coarseness.
(b) The town's dislike for her.
(c) The town's appreciation for her.
(d) Her family's intelligence.

2. How is Pirrone greeted when he visits his hometown?
(a) Some people are not happy to see him, but most are.
(b) Some people are happy to see him, but most are not.
(c) Coldly.
(d) Warmly.

3. How is Angelica received at the ball?
(a) Her appearance is a mild success.
(b) Her appearance is criticized by most of the people.
(c) Her appearance is criticized by half of the people.
(d) Her appearance is a huge success.

4. What is Concetta doing when the Prince returns from his talk with Calogero?
(a) Preparing a meal.
(b) Talking with her sister.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Embroidering.

5. Who is the authoritarian of the Salina family when the Cardinal's representatives visit their house?
(a) Angelica.
(b) Concetta.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Caterina.

6. What does Pirrone say will never die in his speech?
(a) Class naivety.
(b) Class insincerity.
(c) Class sensibility.
(d) Class irrationality.

7. What does Concetta represent to the Prince at the end of his life?
(a) All that is good and noble.
(b) Wealth and sophistication.
(c) All that is fair and unpredictable.
(d) Confidence and intelligence.

8. How is the life that has been leaving the Prince described?
(a) Like a wine bottle that is almost empty.
(b) Like a river flowing through a mountain stream.
(c) Like a meal that has been eaten slowly.
(d) Like sands through the hourglass.

9. How is Carolina described in Chapter 8?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Serious.
(c) Soft-spoken.
(d) Humorous.

10. Where is Sarina when Pirrone talks to her the day after his speech?
(a) In the sitting room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In a carriage outside of the house.
(d) In the garden.

11. How do many people feel about Calogero, according to Ciccio?
(a) They are amused by him.
(b) They dislike him.
(c) They fear him.
(d) They like him.

12. What tires the Prince in Chapter 7?
(a) A walk in the garden.
(b) A visit to a friend's house.
(c) A last minute visit to a doctor.
(d) A routine visit to a doctor.

13. What does Concetta anticipate as Chapter 8, Part 1 ends?
(a) The loss of the Salina family's fortune.
(b) The destruction of the Salina family's estate.
(c) The destruction of the Salina family's prestige.
(d) The loss of the Salina family's estate.

14. How does the Prince consider Concetta's son?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Naive.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Selfish.

15. Who is Tancredi now fighting for, as he announces in Chapter 4?
(a) The people.
(b) The new king.
(c) A newly formed rebellion.
(d) Garibaldi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Prince live, according to Pirrone in Chapter 5?

2. What is the reason the Prince is chosen to sit as a member of the Senate?

3. How does the Prince perceive his life as he dances with Angelica?

4. What stopped the influx of relics for the Salina sisters?

5. How many years after Chapter 5 does Chapter 6 take place?

(see the answer keys)

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