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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Prince's family estate they visit in Chapter 2 located?
(a) Donnafugata.
(b) Casa Rabbito.
(c) Casa Veninata.
(d) Tresauro.

2. How old is the tradition of visiting the convent that the family upholds in Chapter 2, Part 3?
(a) Years.
(b) Centuries.
(c) It is new.
(d) Decades.

3. What does the Prince sense in Tancredi's words?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Naivety.
(d) Stupidity.

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

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

6. What does Tancredi interrupt in the beginning of Chapter 1, Part 2?
(a) The Prince's breakfast.
(b) The Prince's nightly shave.
(c) The Prince's morning shave.
(d) The Prince's dinner.

7. Who invited the villagers to visit the estate later in the evening?
(a) The Princess.
(b) The Prince.
(c) Bendico.
(d) Paolo.

8. What is the Prince trying to talk Tancredi out of in Chapter 1, Part 2?
(a) Making a bad investment.
(b) Associating with the rebels.
(c) Associating with the King.
(d) Selling all of his property.

9. What is the Prince's favorite dessert?
(a) A castle-shaped jelly.
(b) A square-shaped jelly.
(c) A round-shaped jelly.
(d) A shield-shaped jelly.

10. Who discovered the convent that the Prince is visiting?
(a) A former enemy of the family.
(b) A female ancestor.
(c) A friend of the family.
(d) A male ancestor.

11. After thinking about the soldier, what does the Prince wonder about his nephew?
(a) He wonders about his nephew's money.
(b) He wonders about his nephew's job.
(c) He wonders about his nephew's intelligence.
(d) He wonders about his nephew's behavior.

12. What does Tancredi write in a letter to justify his desire to marry Angelica?
(a) She will bring a lot of money to the family.
(b) She will never leave or betray him.
(c) The Princess approves of the marriage.
(d) Concetta approves of the marriage.

13. How does the Prince respond to Angelica at the dinner?
(a) His mood changes.
(b) His mood remains the same.
(c) He immediately walks over to her.
(d) He avoids her.

14. What is the primary source of sensuality, according to the guests at the dinner?
(a) Concetta.
(b) The weather.
(c) Angelica.
(d) The meal.

15. What attracts Tancredi to Angelica?
(a) Her beauty and her intelliegnce.
(b) Her beauty, her money, and her intelligence.
(c) Only her money.
(d) Her beauty and her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the first chapter of The Leopard take place?

2. What is it that Concetta has instructed Pirrone to ask her father?

3. What is the Prince doing when Pirrone interrupts in Chapter 2, Part 2?

4. What is the desk of the Prince like?

5. What kind of paintings line the walls of the Prince's office?

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