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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. Who did the Indian Price send a beautiful Indian girl to?

2. What does the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?

3. Where does Beatrice emerge behind from?

4. What is the first words Beatrice states to Giovanni?

5. What does the author say Beatrice grief was beyond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beatrice say she feels so close to the purple plant?

2. What does Baglioni say when he is alone on the staircase?

3. How does Baglioni react to Beatrice's death?

4. What is the story that Baglioni tells Giovanni in this section?

5. Describe the relationship that develops between Beatrice and Giovanni?

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

7. How does Beatrice stop Giovanni from touching her?

8. What does Rappaccini think about his daughter's to be part of society?

9. What do Beatrice and Giovanni talk about together?

10. How does Giovanni prove to Beatrice that she has infected him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

How does being in love affect Giovanni? Why does it affect so strongly?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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