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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 Beatrice call the purple plant?

2. How does Giovanni speak when he first gets out of his inner world into his outer world?

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

4. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?

5. What is Baglioni's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lizard die?

2. What is Lisabetta's opinion of Dr. Rappaccini?

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

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

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

6. How does the author describe the purple flower?

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

8. How does Giovanni describe in Lisabetta in this section?

9. What is Baglioni's opinion on Beatrice?

10. How does Baglioni greet Giovanni?

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

Examine Giovanni's life in the south of Italy.

How did it shape him as a person? How does his life change when he comes to Padua? What does suggest are the differences between the areas of the country?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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