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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 Rappaccini say weak women are exposed to?

2. What does Giovanni cry at Beatrice with venom?

3. What does the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?

4. What does Beatrice say is her father's world?

5. What does Beatrice say when Giovanni offers her the antidote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baglioni say when he is alone on the staircase?

2. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

3. What do Beatrice and Giovanni talk about together?

4. What does Rappaccini think about his daughter's to be part of society?

5. In what way is it too late when GIovanni finally questions himself and his situation?

6. Why doesn't Giovanni want to see Baglioni in this section?

7. What is the story that Baglioni tells Giovanni in this section?

8. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

9. How does Baglioni react to Beatrice's death?

10. How does Giovanni express his anger his anger to Beatrice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is the garden an important element in the story's theme of innocence? What aspects of the garden represent innocence?

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.

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