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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 reason the Prince is chosen to sit as a member of the Senate?

2. How does the Prince consider the vote in Chapter 3, Part 2?

3. What year is it when Chapter 8 begins?

4. What is the Prince's mood at the ball while he wanders through the halls of the Palazzo Ponteleone?

5. According to Chevalley, what would the Prince be doing in the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation Sarina finds herself in?

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

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

4. Who is Chevalley and what offer does he have for the Prince?

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

6. How is Angelica's first visit to the Salina home after the betrothal described?

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

8. Where does the Prince go to escape the ball and what painting does he see there?

9. How has the Prince's view of Concetta changed as he approaches the end of his life?

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

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

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 Leopard is set in Sicily during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Analyze the way the author combines actual historical events (Garibaldi's revolution, the Plebiscite of Unification, etc.) with fictional characters and situations to create an effective backdrop for the main themes of the novel.

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