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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 Rappaccini's first name?

2. What biblical character does Giovanni compare Rappaccini to?

3. What does Beatrice tell the plant she is faint with?

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

5. What does the author say strikes a continual warfare in Giovanni's breast?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Baglioni's opinion of Rappaccini?

5. In what way can the Rappaccini's garden be compared to the Garden of Eden?

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

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

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

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

10. What does this section say about the relationship Baglioni has with Rappaccini?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How would Beatrice coped with life if she had lived? Could she ever escaped the garden?

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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