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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the military guardsmen posted in Palermo?
(a) To prevent the entrance of the King.
(b) To prevent the entrance of Tancredi.
(c) To prevent the entrance of the rebels.
(d) To prevent the entrance of the Prince.

2. What is Garibaldi doing as the Prince eats lunch and takes a nap?
(a) Resting.
(b) Fighting in a battle.
(c) Preparing for battle.
(d) Negotiating.

3. Who invites the officials to the traditional first night dinner in Chapter 2, Part 1?
(a) Paolo.
(b) The Princess.
(c) Bendico.
(d) The Prince.

4. What is the desk of the Prince like?
(a) It is too big.
(b) Organized.
(c) It is too small.
(d) Cluttered.

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

6. How does the Prince respond to the thoughts he is having of the soldier in Chapter 1?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is perturbed.
(d) He is happy.

7. What will be the result of the revolution, according to Pirrone?
(a) The expansion of the rule of law.
(b) The destruction of the rule of law.
(c) The destruction of the Prince's property.
(d) The expansion of the Prince's property.

8. What does the Prince dislike about his office?
(a) The work it represents.
(b) The lack of windows in it.
(c) He thinks it is too small.
(d) He thinks it is too big.

9. Who knows the real reason the Prince is going to Palermo?
(a) The adults at the table.
(b) No one.
(c) The adults and children at the table.
(d) The children at the table.

10. How did the citizens of Palermo react to the revolution?
(a) They resented it.
(b) They evacuated the town.
(c) They rejoiced.
(d) They were ambiguous about it.

11. What analogy is given to describe the uneasiness of the Prince with his new lifestyle?
(a) Being on a fast jet plane.
(b) Being on a strange planet.
(c) Being in a small cave.
(d) Being in an unfamiliar forest.

12. How is Angelica acting towards Tancredi in Chapter 2, Part 3?
(a) She is polite to him, but not interested.
(b) She is openly flirting with him.
(c) She is subliminally flirting with him.
(d) She is ignoring him.

13. What does the Prince pass on the way to Palermo?
(a) The town prison.
(b) Tancredi's working quarters.
(c) Tancredi's villa.
(d) The town square.

14. How is the room decorated where the Prince and his family say their daily prayers?
(a) Poorly.
(b) It is empty.
(c) Moderately.
(d) Exquisitely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months have passed between Chapter 2 and Chapter 3?

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

3. How do the Prince and Pirrone diffuse their anger in Chapter 1, Part 2?

4. Where is the Princess when the Prince returns from Palermo in Chapter 1?

5. What is the Prince overlooking in his daughter?

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