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

2. What does Giovanni mutter to himself when Baglioni tries to tell him the truth?

3. Who appears at Giovanni's window as Beatrice dies?

4. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?

5. How does Giovanni address Beatrice when he first speaks to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Beatrice react when Giovanni approaches the purple plant?

3. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

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

5. How does Giovanni kill the spider?

6. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

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

8. What affect do Baglioni's words have on Giovanni?

9. In what way are Beatrice and GIovanni pawns in a game between the two scientists?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does falling in love cause problems for Giovanni? How could he have the troubles that eventually occur at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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