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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the officials to the traditional first night dinner in Chapter 2, Part 1?

2. Who invited the villagers to visit the estate later in the evening?

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

4. Who is Don Ciccio?

5. When does the first chapter of The Leopard take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Prince worried about in his return trip from Palermo that takes place in Chapter 1, Part 1?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the Prince see in the garden and what does he turn to as a source of comfort?

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

10. What is the reasoning used by Tancredi to justify his desire to marry Angelica in his letters to the Prince?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Leopard, the author makes two significant analogies using situations that are indicative of the time in which the novel was written. Describe the analogies and the situations they are designed to illustrate. Also, explain why the author chooses to reference things from the future instead of using universal events that correspond to what the characters are experiencing. Include an analysis of the effectiveness of this technique and what it adds or takes away from the novel from a literary standpoint.

Essay Topic 2

The Prince is interrupted on three separate occasions throughout the book; two are for personal reasons and one is work related.

1) Describe all three situations where the Prince is interrupted, including what he is doing and how that plays a role in the nature of the interruption.

2) Explain which characters are interrupting the Prince and why they are chosen to intrude on his life in this way.

3) Analyze what the broader significance of the interruptions are pertaining to theme of change in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Ciccio's theory about money and the way people view Calogero. Also, describe the Prince's opinion of money and its place in the aristocracy. Use the book to provide examples of how the issues of the characters can be applied to a more general sense of the role money plays in society.

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