View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sentences does Giovanni rudely state to Baglioni?

2. What is Baglioni's first name?

3. What does Giovanni give Lisabetta in this section?

4. What is wrong with the fountain?

5. What does the author say the wine has caused Giovanni's brain to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has spending so much time in her father's garden affected Beatrice?

2. What is Baglioni's opinion of Rappaccini?

3. Describe the journey from Giovanni's house to Rappiccini's garden?

4. How does the author describe the purple flower?

5. How does this opening section express Giovanni's youthful energy?

6. How does Beatrice treat the plants differently to her father?

7. How does the insect die?

8. What does this section suggest about Giovanni's life thus far?

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

10. What is Lisabetta's opinion of Dr. Rappaccini?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does being in love affect Giovanni? Why does it affect so strongly?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine what the following elements of the story symbolize.

1. The purple flower.

2. The cracked marble fountain.

3. The silver phial.

4. The spider.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 698 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample