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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Prince's response to Angelica's invitation to eat with her and Tancredi?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He declines.
(c) He ignores her invitation.
(d) He does not hear her invitation.

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

3. What surprises the priests as they walk into the Salina's chapel?
(a) The lack of windows in the chapel.
(b) A sensual painting hanging behind the altar.
(c) A sensual painting hanging beside the altar.
(d) The excessive amount of windows in the chapel.

4. What does the Prince insist that vanity is stronger than in Chapter 4?
(a) The Sicilians' traditions.
(b) The Sicilians' money.
(c) The Sicilians' misery.
(d) The Sicilians' world status.

5. Looking back on his life, how many years does the Prince think he has fully lived?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

6. What is the Prince's mood at the ball while he wanders through the halls of the Palazzo Ponteleone?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is gloomy.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is anxious.

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

8. How does the Princess pass away?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) An accident.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Old age.

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

10. How much time has passed between Chapter 3 and Chapter 4?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

11. What time does the ball end in Chapter 6?
(a) Four in the morning.
(b) Two in the morning.
(c) Eight in the morning.
(d) Six in the morning.

12. What does Ciccio think Calogero represents for the people?
(a) Unattainable goals.
(b) A life deserving of sympathy.
(c) Harsh reality.
(d) A fabricated life.

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

14. Where is the Prince staying in Chapter 7?
(a) At Tancredi and Angelica's house.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) At the villa estate.

15. What painting does the Prince see in the library at the ball?
(a) Death of the Innocent Man.
(b) Death of the Just Man.
(c) Death of the Flawed Man.
(d) Death of the Injust Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Prince and Calogero act during their conversation in Chapter 3, Part 2?

2. Where is Sarina when Pirrone talks to her the day after his speech?

3. When does Chapter 7 take place?

4. Who is Tancredi now fighting for, as he announces in Chapter 4?

5. Who is Concetta's son named after?

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