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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 is Paolo?

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

3. What is the reason Tancredi gives for leaving after the Prince's visit to the convent?

4. According to Pirrone, what is Tancredi about to do?

5. How old is the tradition of visiting the convent that the family upholds in Chapter 2, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How often does Tancredi write to the Prince and what is the subject of his letters?

2. What letter does the Prince receive at the end of Chapter 1, Part 2, and what is his response to it?

3. What is the symbolic dessert made for the Prince?

4. How does Tancredi act towards Angelica after the dinner and what is Concetta's response?

5. How does the manager describe Angelica to the Prince and what is the Prince's opinion of Calogero at the end of Chapter 2, Part 1?

6. What is interesting about the way the Prince and Tancredi react to Angelica at the dinner?

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

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

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

10. How does the family know the Prince is upset at dinner and what announcement does he make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Concetta is the final representative of the Salina family name at the end of the novel as she thematically lets go of the past and accepts the changes in her life.

1) Describe how Concetta's character has developed from the beginning of the story to the ending of it. Include examples of how some of the other main characters perceived her, along with which perceptions of her changed and why.

2) Compare the Prince and Concetta in how they both approach the changes in their lives.

3) Analyze the statement that Concetta is making at the end of The Leopard and the possible effects it could have on the future of the Salina family.

Essay Topic 3

The Prince and Calogero are the two families that represent both sides of the change the revolution is causing to take place.

1) Describe the major differences between the Prince and Calogero in their way of life, as well as their views on wealth and class separation.

2) Describe some of the similarities between the Prince and Calogero in how they change throughout the story.

3) Analyze the background of the Prince and Calogero, including the differences in their reputations and the way they both achieved their social and financial status.

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