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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 does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?
2. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?
3. What does Baglioni tell Giovanni he has been reading lately?
4. What does Giovanni hope to snatch from Beatrice's full gaze?
5. What vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?
2. What does Giovanni notice when he turns around from the purple plant?
3. How does Baglioni react to Beatrice's death?
4. Why does Beatrice say she is so angry at her father?
5. Describe the relationship that develops between Beatrice and Giovanni?
6. What affect do Baglioni's words have on Giovanni?
7. How does Beatrice react when Giovanni approaches the purple plant?
8. How does Giovanni react to Baglioni's claims that Beatrice is manipulating him?
9. In what way are Beatrice and GIovanni pawns in a game between the two scientists?
10. What is the atmosphere between Beatrice and Giovanni when they first meet in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What do you think Bagilioni's relationship with Rappacchini was like before they became enemies? What suggestions are there in the story that their relationship may have been like this?
Essay Topic 3
What problems does the story suggest Rappaccini had in the past to become the man he did? How does he project his problems onto his daughter Beatrice?
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