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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. How much time has passed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?
2. Who is Paolo?
3. What does Tancredi brush away from Concetta's face?
4. How do the Prince and Pirrone diffuse their anger in Chapter 1, Part 2?
5. When does the harsh song of the cicadas arrive?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is interesting about the way the Prince and Tancredi react to Angelica at the dinner?
2. How does Tancredi act towards Angelica after the dinner and what is Concetta's response?
3. What is the news that Pirrone brings to the Prince?
4. What notion does Tancredi introduce to the Prince in the second part of Chapter 1, and how does the Prince respond?
5. What has happened as a result of the revolution?
6. Who is Calogero and what request does he make for the dinner at the Salina's?
7. What is the Prince worried about in his return trip from Palermo that takes place in Chapter 1, Part 1?
8. How is the Prince's office decorated and what is his opinion of it?
9. What is the purpose of Tancredi's interruption of the Prince in Chapter 1, Part 2?
10. How is the Prince compromising parts of his life, and what analogy is made for his situation in Chapter 3, Part 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The stars represent an unchanging reality for the Prince that he looks to for comfort and reassurance.
1) Describe the appearances by the stars in the novel and the events that they correspond to.
2) Explain how the stars relate to the main theme of the story and the balance they provide to the change taking place.
3) Describe the role of the stars in the Prince's death and why their presence allows him to accept one of the biggest changes of his life.
Essay Topic 2
The Leopard is set in Sicily during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Analyze the way the author combines actual historical events (Garibaldi's revolution, the Plebiscite of Unification, etc.) with fictional characters and situations to create an effective backdrop for the main themes of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the story that Tancredi tells after the dinner to Angelica and answer the following questions: Why does Tancredi choose to tell the story to Angelica instead of Concetta? What are some of the possible intentions he has for telling it? Why is the story ironic considering the events that happen on the following day? What are the major differences in the way Concetta and Angelica respond to the story when it is first told as opposed to how they react to Tassoni's account of it in the final chapter? Overall, what does the story represent for all three characters, Tancredi, Angelica, and Concetta?
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