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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 does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?

2. What does Giovanni wake with a sense of the next day?

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

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

5. What does Beatrice say her father is fiercely acquainted with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How do Rappaccini and Baglioni use Beatrice and Giovanni for their own needs? What comment does their abuse of the two youngsters make on the nature of science, academia and the intellect?

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