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

2. How much money does Calogero have?
(a) Much more than the Prince.
(b) Much less than the Prince.
(c) Almost as much as the Prince.
(d) A little more than the Prince.

3. To defend his actions, what does Tancredi insist that he is doing?
(a) Fighting for an unknown, but noble reason.
(b) Fighting for a good reason.
(c) Making a sound business decision.
(d) Following the advice of an excellent business man.

4. What is the Prince preoccupied with when Tancredi interrupts him in the second part of Chapter 2?
(a) Counting his money.
(b) His dog.
(c) A statue.
(d) Counting his posessions.

5. When does the first chapter of The Leopard take place?
(a) June of 1860.
(b) May of 1870.
(c) May of 1860.
(d) June of 1870.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men besides the Prince are allowed to enter the convent?

2. What distracts the Prince from thinking about the soldier?

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

4. How much time has passed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What notion does Tancredi introduce to the Prince in the second part of Chapter 1, and how does the Prince respond?

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

5. How does the Prince think about the Princess while traveling to Palermo?

6. What is interesting about the way the Prince and Tancredi react to Angelica at the dinner?

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

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

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

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

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