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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 do the Prince and Tancredi talk about during their uncomfortable discussion in Chapter 2, Part 2?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Apples.

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

3. How many men besides the Prince are allowed to enter the convent?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

4. How did the local leaders of the revolution treat the Prince when they arrived at his palace?
(a) Deceptively.
(b) Disrespectfully.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) Mysteriously.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the tradition of visiting the convent that the family upholds in Chapter 2, Part 3?

2. What is the primary source of sensuality, according to the guests at the dinner?

3. What is the Prince overlooking in his daughter?

4. How does Tancredi know that the Prince has visited Palermo?

5. What does the Prince like about his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What reception is the Prince expecting in Donnafugata and what kind of a welcome does he actually receive?

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

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

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