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

2. How does Concetta react to Tancredi's story about Tassoni?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She substantiates it.
(c) She points out the inaccuracies of it.
(d) She berates him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tancredi brush away from Concetta's face?

2. How does Concetta respond to Angelica at the dinner?

3. Why has Concetta asked Pirrone to deliver the news to the Prince?

4. What does Tancredi write in a letter to justify his desire to marry Angelica?

5. How does Calogero appear when he arrives for the dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Plebiscite of Unification, and how does the Prince vote on it?

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

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

4. Who is Calogero and what request does he make for the dinner at the Salina's?

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

6. What is the purpose of Tancredi's interruption of the Prince in Chapter 1, Part 2?

7. What is the difference in the Prince as he arrives in Donnafugata and what does the change in him represent?

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

9. How often does Tancredi write to the Prince and what is the subject of his letters?

10. How is the Prince's office decorated and what is his opinion of it?

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