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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 Giovanni hope to snatch from Beatrice's full gaze?

2. What does Beatrice say that should be the only thing Giovanni should believe about her?

3. What stones does it feel like are sparkling among the bubbles of the fountain?

4. What does Giovanni call the story Baglioni tells him about Alexander the Great?

5. What does Giovanni kill to prove to Beatrice he has been infected by the poisons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Giovanni notice when he turns around from the purple plant?

2. What does Giovanni sees when he looks into the mirror?

3. How does Beatrice stop Giovanni from touching her?

4. Why does Beatrice say she is so angry at her father?

5. Why doesn't Giovanni want to see Baglioni in this section?

6. What is Giovanni's impression os Beatrice during their first meeting?

7. How does the one time Beatrice touches Giovanni affect?

8. Why does Beatrice say she can't show Giovanni around the garden?

9. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

10. How does Giovanni kill the spider?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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