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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 tell Pirrone about the transformations of time?
(a) They are avoidable.
(b) They can only bring positive things.
(c) The can only bring negative things.
(d) They are inevitable.

2. Who does Don Calogero request to bring to the dinner?
(a) His friend.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His niece.

3. What is the Prince doing at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Walking with his dog.
(b) Walking by himself.
(c) Walking with Paolo.
(d) Walking with the Princess.

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

5. What happened to the soldier that the Prince is remembering?
(a) He disappeared after eating at the Prince's house.
(b) He was killed by the Prince.
(c) He became ill after eating at the Prince's house.
(d) He clawed his way to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pirrone react when he interrupts the Prince?

2. How is the room decorated where the Prince and his family say their daily prayers?

3. What is the Prince trying to talk Tancredi out of in Chapter 1, Part 2?

4. What does the Prince pass on the way to Palermo?

5. How does the Prince's family know he is upset at dinner in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. When, where, and how does The Leopard begin in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. How does the family know the Prince is upset at dinner and what announcement does he make?

5. What is Tancredi doing at the end of Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the news that Pirrone brings to the Prince?

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