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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 does Pirrone say will never die in his speech?

2. What does Calogero realize as the preparations for Tancredi and Angelica's wedding are made?

3. How does Paolo die?

4. What tires the Prince in Chapter 7?

5. When does Chapter 7 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Tancredi have as he returns in Chapter 4?

2. What is the Prince's state of mind at the ball in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

7. According to the Prince's speech in Chapter 4, how do the Sicilian people prefer to live?

8. Why do Ciccio and the Prince disagree on the pending marriage?

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

10. What is the situation Sarina finds herself in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The grand ball in Chapter 6 is the setting for many crucial turning points of the story.

1) Describe the ball and the guests that attend it, including the main purpose for the event, and whether or not that purpose is achieved.

2) Explain the Prince's state of mind before, during, and after the ball, as well as the characters and events that influence it.

3) Analyze the possible interpretations of the painting that the Prince sees in the library along with how they relate to the Prince's life at this point in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Irony and foreshadowing are two of the many literary techniques used by the author in writing The Leopard.

1) Describe 3 examples of foreshadowing in the book and how they represent the main theme.

2) Describe 3 examples of irony in the book and the significance of the characters and places for each one.

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