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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 is the Prince's response to Pirrone in Chapter 2, Part 2?
(a) He will never speak to his daughter again.
(b) He will talk to his daughter immediately.
(c) He will talk to his daughter later.
(d) He will consider speaking to his daughter one more time.

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

3. How does the Prince respond to Tancredi's reasons for proposing to Angelica?
(a) He does not understand any of them.
(b) He does not understand many of them.
(c) He disagrees with them.
(d) He agrees with them.

4. How does Tancredi respond to Angelica at the dinner?
(a) He stops his conversation.
(b) He continues his conversation.
(c) He immediately walks over to her.
(d) He avoids her.

5. How is the Prince greeted by the officials in Chapter 2, Part 1?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Coldly.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Warmly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Prince preoccupied with when Tancredi interrupts him in the second part of Chapter 2?

3. Who discovered the convent that the Prince is visiting?

4. What is the reason Tancredi gives for leaving after the Prince's visit to the convent?

5. Why are the military guardsmen posted in Palermo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the garden described in Chapter 1?

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

7. How is the Prince compromising parts of his life, and what analogy is made for his situation in Chapter 3, Part 1?

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

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

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

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