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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. How do many people feel about Calogero, according to Ciccio?
(a) They like him.
(b) They dislike him.
(c) They are amused by him.
(d) They fear him.

2. How much time has passed between Chapter 3 and Chapter 4?
(a) A day.
(b) A year.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

3. How do the Prince and Calogero act during their conversation in Chapter 3, Part 2?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Neither will look at the other.
(c) Neither will listen to the other.
(d) Politely.

4. What does Concetta represent to the Prince at the end of his life?
(a) Wealth and sophistication.
(b) All that is good and noble.
(c) Confidence and intelligence.
(d) All that is fair and unpredictable.

5. How does the Prince live, according to Pirrone in Chapter 5?
(a) Pirrone thinks the Prince's life is handled by others.
(b) Pirrone thinks the Prince lives with too much wealth.
(c) Pirrone thinks the Prince controls his own life.
(d) Pirrone thinks the Prince lives with not enough wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paolo die?

2. How do most of Pirrone's friends respond to his speech, according to his mother?

3. What does the Prince tell Chevalley that he and other Sicilians have no interest in?

4. Looking back on his life, how many years does the Prince think he has fully lived?

5. Who does Pirrone compare Angelina to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ciccio's theory about why the town dislikes Calogero?

2. Where does the Prince go to escape the ball and what painting does he see there?

3. What is interesting about the way Pirrone's mother responds to his speech?

4. Who is Chevalley and what offer does he have for the Prince?

5. What is the Prince's state of mind at the ball in Chapter 6?

6. What two symbols does the Prince encounter on his way home from the ball?

7. What happens while the Prince is dancing with Angelica at the ball?

8. How are the three Salina sisters described in Chapter 8?

9. What is symbolic about the way the Prince dies?

10. Who is Donna Rosa and why is her association with the Salina sisters under investigation?

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