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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 is a servant?

2. Who is the first character to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What is "a name more gracious" that Giovanni calls Annabella in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who resolves to visit Annabella in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. What is special about the horse of Bergetto's story in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the final scene like after Giovanni has died? What happens to Vasquez?

2. What is Annabella fearful for in Act 5, Scene 5?

3. Where is the Friar going to go at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?

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

5. What happens to Annabella at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?

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

7. Compare and contrast Florio and Giovanni's opinions of Soranzo in Act 3, Scene 2.

8. What do we learn in Act 1, Scene 2 regarding the marriage plans for Annabella?

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

10. What are Annabella and Giovanni speaking of when he kills her? How does she respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Friar vs. the Cardinal. What are the major differences between these two religious figures? What is the significance behind their differences?

Essay Topic 2

How is love used as a motivation for the characters? What are the positive and negative aspects of the use of this motivation by the characters?

Essay Topic 3

What motivates Giovanni? How do his motivations change throughout the play? What motivates his final actions?

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