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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 name of Giovanni's landlady?

2. How does Giovanni expect the professor to respond to Rappaccini's name?

3. Why has Giovanni avoided Baglioni since their first meeting?

4. What is Giovanni beneath as he stands just inside Rappaccini's garden?

5. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the journey from Giovanni's house to Rappiccini's garden?

2. What is Baglioni's opinion on Beatrice?

3. How does Baglioni greet Giovanni?

4. What signs are there that Rappaccini is afraid to touch the plants?

5. How does the author describe Rappaccini's garden?

6. How do Baglioni's word affect Giovanni when he goes home?

7. How parts of the story suggest that Giovanni is an innocent?

8. How has Giovanni's changed at the beginning of this story?

9. How does Beatrice react to seeing Giovanni watching her?

10. How does Rappaccino react to seeing both Baglioni and Giovanni?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What will happen to Giovanni now the garden has contaminated him? How will he cope?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

How has being poisoned affected Beatrice's life? How do you think she would have coped in society if the antidote worked?

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