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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Calogero appear when he arrives for the dinner?
(a) He is dressed badly.
(b) He is nervous, but on time.
(c) He is late, but confident.
(d) He is dressed impressively.

2. Why has Concetta asked Pirrone to deliver the news to the Prince?
(a) She is fearful of her father's reaction.
(b) She is no longer speaking to her father.
(c) She appreciates Pirrone's ability to communicate.
(d) She is out of town and cannot deliver it herself.

3. What does the change of the Prince represent in Chapter 2, Part 1?
(a) The increase of his prestige.
(b) The end of his greed.
(c) The decline of his prestige.
(d) The beginning of his greed.

4. What is it that Concetta has instructed Pirrone to ask her father?
(a) If she should prevent Tancredi's proposal to Angelica.
(b) How she should respond to Tancredi's proposal to her.
(c) If she should prevent Tancredi from moving closer.
(d) If she should move farther away from the city like Tancredi did.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the soldier that the Prince is remembering?

3. Who invites the officials to the traditional first night dinner in Chapter 2, Part 1?

4. How is the Prince greeted by the officials in Chapter 2, Part 1?

5. What stories is Tancredi telling Angelica after the dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Prince and Tancredi talk about before the dinner?

2. How does Tancredi act towards Angelica after the dinner and what is Concetta's response?

3. How is the trip to Donnafugata described and what do the cicadas represent?

4. What has happened as a result of the revolution?

5. Why is Tancredi gone when the Prince finishes his visit at the convent?

6. What is the Prince worried about in his return trip from Palermo that takes place in Chapter 1, Part 1?

7. What letter does the Prince receive at the end of Chapter 1, Part 2, and what is his response to it?

8. What does the Prince think about a marriage of Tancredi and Concetta and how does he respond to Pirrone?

9. What does the Prince see in the garden and what does he turn to as a source of comfort?

10. What is the Prince doing as Pirrone interrupts him in Chapter 2, Part 2, and how does Pirrone react?

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