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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 the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?

2. What does Baglioni say was the element of the Indian woman's life?

3. How does Giovanni ask Beatrice to help him?

4. Where does Beatrice say the purple shrub came from?

5. What does the author say recollection of former scenes with Beatrice has makes him do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

5. How does Baglioni think the story relates to Giovanni?

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

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

8. What do Beatrice and Giovanni talk about together?

9. How does Giovanni express his anger his anger to Beatrice?

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

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 has being poisoned affected Beatrice's life? How do you think she would have coped in society if the antidote worked?

Essay Topic 3

What similarities does the story have with the Bible story the Fall of Man? What new meaning does the story bring to the Old Testament text?

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