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

2. What is the rumor about the relics that the Salina sisters have in their house?

3. How long is the Prince's life?

4. Which one of the following are not included in the list of Angelica's characteristics Ciccio reports to the Prince?

5. As the Prince is talking to Calogero about the marriage between Tancredi and Angelica, what does he learn about Calogero's wealth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What tactic does Chevalley use in an attempt to convince the Prince to accept his offer, and what is the Prince's response?

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

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

6. What is interesting about the way Pirrone's mother responds to his speech?

7. What is the situation Sarina finds herself in?

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

9. How are the three Salina sisters described in Chapter 8?

10. What is Ciccio's theory about why the town dislikes Calogero?

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

Tancredi and Angelica's wedding is one of the main focuses of the Prince as it becomes the source of conflict between accepting change and resisting it.

1) Describe the advantages that the Prince will have as a result of the marriage of Tancredi and Angelica.

2) Explain what the negative aspects of the marriage could be for the Prince and his family's legacy.

3) Analyze how Tancredi and Angelica's marriage represents an example of the book's main theme of change and why the Prince is conflicted on whether or not to support the event.

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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