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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. What is the Prince's favorite dessert?

2. How does the Prince respond to Tancredi's reasons for proposing to Angelica?

3. What is the Prince's response to Pirrone in Chapter 2, Part 2?

4. How does Calogero appear when he arrives for the dinner?

5. How does the Prince perceive Tancredi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the difference in the Prince as he arrives in Donnafugata and what does the change in him represent?

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

10. How does the Prince think about the Princess while traveling to Palermo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Although marriage is a central topic for the plot of the story, there seems to be a number of mixed messages being sent by the author regarding the value or end results of it. Describe the different marriages that are depicted in the book and compare them to each other. Include an explanation of which marriages, if any, are the most successful, which ones are the most relevant to the main point of the novel, and what statement the author might be trying to make about marriage in general.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the story that Tancredi tells after the dinner to Angelica and answer the following questions: Why does Tancredi choose to tell the story to Angelica instead of Concetta? What are some of the possible intentions he has for telling it? Why is the story ironic considering the events that happen on the following day? What are the major differences in the way Concetta and Angelica respond to the story when it is first told as opposed to how they react to Tassoni's account of it in the final chapter? Overall, what does the story represent for all three characters, Tancredi, Angelica, and Concetta?

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