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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 Giovanni kill to prove to Beatrice he has been infected by the poisons?

2. What does Beatrice call the rumors circling about her abilities as a gardener?

3. What does Beatrice say she has done for the first time in her life?

4. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini has an insane zeal for?

5. What does the author say Beatrice grief was beyond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Beatrice stop Giovanni from touching her?

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

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

6. How does Giovanni react to Baglioni's claims that Beatrice is manipulating him?

7. In what way are Beatrice and GIovanni pawns in a game between the two scientists?

8. How does the one time Beatrice touches Giovanni affect?

9. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Giovanni's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Giovanni hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes his ideas about life?

3. How has Giovanni's character changed by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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