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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 Baglioni say the Indian woman was as lovely as?

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

3. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini has an insane zeal for?

4. Fill in the missing word "Basking in the .......... sunshine of her beauty."

5. How often does Giovanni now see Beatrice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what way is it too late when GIovanni finally questions himself and his situation?

8. What do Beatrice and Giovanni talk about together?

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

10. How does Giovanni kill the spider?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is innocence in a important element of the story? What does the author express about innocence and people regard it within society?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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