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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 biblical character does Giovanni compare Rappaccini to?

2. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?

3. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Rappaccini?

4. As far as which city does Lisabetta say Rappaccini is known?

5. How does Giovanni speak when he first gets out of his inner world into his outer world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baglioni's opinion on Beatrice?

2. How does the insect die?

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

4. What signs are there that Rappaccini is afraid to touch the plants?

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

6. What is Baglioni's opinion of Rappaccini?

7. How does the author describe the purple flower?

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

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

10. How does Giovanni try to stop thinking about Beatrice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In what way is innocence in a important element of the story? What does the author express about innocence and people regard it within society?

Essay Topic 3

What similarities does the story have with the Bible story the Fall of Man? What new meaning does the story bring to the Old Testament text?

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