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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 Annabella joke about Giovanni being in Act 2, Scene 6?

2. What does Richardetto find "mystery in"?

3. "You are past all rules of sense." Who says this in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. Who wishes to speak with Annabella privately in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What is the final line of Act 2, Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actions of Act 2, Scene 1 are most significant?

3. As of Act 3, Scene 8, where should the audience assume Vasquez's allegiance lies? What does Hippolita vow?

4. Why has Florio sent for a doctor for Annabella? What does this doctor bring?

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

6. Why is Giovanni miserable in Act 4, Scene 1? How does he show his unhappiness?

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

8. Summarize what happens in Act 2, Scene 6 with regards to the letter given to Annabella.

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

10. Why does Richardetto say that Annabella is sick? What does Florio say he has done in Act 3, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters stand for good? Which characters stand for evil? Which characters are both?

Essay Topic 2

What comic relief is there in this tragic play? Is there enough comic relief? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does suspense rise throughout the play? Use examples from the play to summarize the use of suspense, where it is strongest, and how it progresses the story.

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