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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 are the strange plants doing to each other as they bask in the sun?

2. What does the author compare Beatrice's voice to when she accepts the bouquet?

3. What biblical character does Giovanni compare Rappaccini to?

4. What does Giovanni buy on the way home?

5. What does Beatrice call the plant's breath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Giovanni's initial opinion of Rappaccini?

2. How does the author describe the purple flower?

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

4. How does Giovanni try to stop thinking about Beatrice?

5. How has spending so much time in her father's garden affected Beatrice?

6. What are Giovanni's first impressions of Beatrice?

7. How does Giovanni respond to seeing Baglioni in this section?

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

9. What is Baglioni's opinion of Rappaccini?

10. How does Lisabetta act when Giovanni arrives home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Giovanni's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Giovanni hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes his ideas about life?

3. How has Giovanni's character changed by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

How is the garden an important element in the story's theme of innocence? What aspects of the garden represent innocence?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Baglioni the evil character in the story? How do his actions affect the other characters?

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