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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 mood at the ball while he wanders through the halls of the Palazzo Ponteleone?
(a) He is anxious.
(b) He is gloomy.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is happy.

2. How long is the Prince's life?
(a) Ninety three years.
(b) Eighty three years.
(c) Sixty three years.
(d) Seventy three years.

3. Which one of the following are not included in the list of Angelica's characteristics Ciccio reports to the Prince?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Naivety.
(c) Grace.
(d) Sophistication.

4. How are the Count's initial attempts to pursue Concetta received?
(a) She is not receptive to them.
(b) She is reluctantly receptive to them.
(c) She is very receptive to them.
(d) She is slightly receptive to them.

5. How does the Prince consider Concetta's son?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Naive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Prince first react to Chevalley's proposition to join the Senate?

2. How does Paolo die?

3. What does Pirrone say will never die in his speech?

4. How does Pirrone describe the Prince's reaction to the revolution in his speech?

5. How do many people feel about Calogero, according to Ciccio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pirrone say about the Prince's way of life in his speech?

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

3. What news does Tancredi have as he returns in Chapter 4?

4. What is Concetta concerned about at the end of Chapter 8, Part 1?

5. According to the Prince's speech in Chapter 4, how do the Sicilian people prefer to live?

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

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

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

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

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

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