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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. How has Calogero become wealthy?

2. What is the Prince overlooking in his daughter?

3. How is the room decorated where the Prince and his family say their daily prayers?

4. Where does the Prince go after his nap in Chapter 2, Part 2?

5. How does Concetta react to Tancredi's story about Tassoni?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Calogero appear at the dinner and what is the Prince's response?

2. 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?

3. When, where, and how does The Leopard begin in Chapter 1?

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

5. What is the Plebiscite of Unification, and how does the Prince vote on it?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Prince's nephew, Tancredi, is a complex character that undergoes a great deal of change during the course of the story.

1) Describe the positions Tancredi takes on the revolution, how they change, and why his life influences them.

2) Explain how Tancredi's character both represents and contradicts the main theme of the story, which is inevitable change.

3) Compare Tancredi with the Prince in terms of how they both perceive the family's status and the changes that threaten it.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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