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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 is Beatrice's face brightened by?

2. What does Beatrice's shriek go through Giovanni's heart like?

3. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beatrice say she feels so close to the purple plant?

2. Why does Beatrice say she can't show Giovanni around the garden?

3. What does Giovanni sees when he looks into the mirror?

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

5. How does Beatrice stop Giovanni from touching her?

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

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

8. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

9. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has being poisoned affected Beatrice's life? How do you think she would have coped in society if the antidote worked?

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

Examine Giovanni's life in the south of Italy.

How did it shape him as a person? How does his life change when he comes to Padua? What does suggest are the differences between the areas of the country?

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