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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house does the action of Act 1, Scene 2 take place in front of?
(a) Soranzo.
(b) Florio.
(c) Grimaldi.
(d) The Friar.

2. Who is Giovanni visiting in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The Friar.
(b) Richardetto.
(c) Hippolita.
(d) Grimaldi.

3. How does the Friar suggest Giovanni remedy his emotions that the men discuss in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Give money to the church.
(b) Community service.
(c) Run away.
(d) Solitary prayer.

4. Who is being referred to in the quote "The man I hate / Worse than confusion-"?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Florio.
(c) Soranzo.
(d) Grimaldi.

5. Which of the following is NOT something the Friar calls Giovanni?
(a) A nothing.
(b) A worm.
(c) A sinner.
(d) A wretch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cheese does Bergetto tell Annabella he loves her as much as?

2. What does Bergetto do as Donado says goodbye to Florio in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. Who gives Annabella the letter in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Philotis enter Act 2, Scene 1 with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Donado try to convince Florio in Act 1, Scene 3? Does he succeed?

2. Why is Florio apprehensive to Donado's aim in Act 1, Scene 3? What does Donado say that makes him feel better?

3. How does the Friar respond to what Giovanni says in the first scene of the play?

4. What is the poem like that Soranzo reads in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. How is the Cardinal's behavior in Act 3, Scene 8 surprising?

6. What does Giovanni do after he kills Annabella?

7. How does Giovanni's tone change from the beginning to the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

8. Who is fighting in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2? Why is this duel unusual?

9. How does Giovanni enter the final scene of the play? What does this provoke?

10. How does Act 2, Scene 6 end?

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