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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 Beatrice say her father's love for science has done to her?

2. What does Giovanni hear the rustling of just before Beatrice appears?

3. Where does Rappaccini watch Beatrice and Giovanni from?

4. What does Giovanni mutter to himself when Baglioni tries to tell him the truth?

5. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship that develops between Beatrice and Giovanni?

2. How does Giovanni prove to Beatrice that she has infected him?

3. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

4. Why does Beatrice say she is so angry at her father?

5. How does Beatrice react when Giovanni approaches the purple plant?

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

7. What is Giovanni's impression os Beatrice during their first meeting?

8. How does Beatrice react to Giovanni's accusations?

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

10. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What will happen to Giovanni now the garden has contaminated him? How will he cope?

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

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

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