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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 is the life that has been leaving the Prince described?
(a) Like a wine bottle that is almost empty.
(b) Like a meal that has been eaten slowly.
(c) Like a river flowing through a mountain stream.
(d) Like sands through the hourglass.

2. What did Donna Rosa do for the Salina sisters?
(a) Sold relics for them.
(b) Advised them on what relics to collect.
(c) Produced relics for them.
(d) Informed them of the location of relics.

3. Who sends Tancredi the money to purchase Angelica's ring?
(a) The Prince.
(b) Concetta.
(c) Calogero.
(d) The Princess.

4. Where is the Prince staying in Chapter 7?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At Tancredi and Angelica's house.
(d) At the villa estate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How close is Angelica to acquiring the title of Baroness in Chapter 3, Part 2?

2. How much time has passed between Chapter 3 and Chapter 4?

3. How many years after Chapter 5 does Chapter 6 take place?

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

5. What prevents the onlookers from applauding as the Prince and Angelica stop dancing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What events have taken place between Chapter 6 and Chapter 7?

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

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

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

6. How has the Prince's view of Concetta changed as he approaches the end of his life?

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

8. Why do Ciccio and the Prince disagree on the pending marriage?

9. How does the tone of the book change in Chapter 8, Part 1?

10. What is the result of the consultation between the Prince and Calogero?

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