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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. Which of the following is NOT something the Friar calls Giovanni?

2. What is Richardetto plotting in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What does Giovanni announce to the audience in his monologue in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Who says "O ignorance in knowledge!"?

5. How does Annabella respond when Giovanni admits his feelings toward her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Giovanni think has happened to Annabella in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 5?

2. What are Annabella and Giovanni speaking of when he kills her? How does she respond?

3. Why does Richardetto say that Annabella is sick? What does Florio say he has done in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. How does Hippolita enter Act 4, Scene 1? What happens to her?

5. What do Bergetto and Poggio discuss in Act 3, Scene 1?

6. How has Bergetto's time with Annabella gone, as per his recap in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. What are the schemes of Act 3, Scene 5?

8. Why is Giovanni miserable in Act 4, Scene 1? How does he show his unhappiness?

9. What does Giovanni do after he kills Annabella?

10. What is the final scene like after Giovanni has died? What happens to Vasquez?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What subplots are in the play? How do they tie in to the main plot?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize Annabella and Giovanni's turbulent relationship from beginning to end. How does it start? How does it change? What feeds it? What destroys it?

Essay Topic 3

How is love used as a motivation for the characters? What are the positive and negative aspects of the use of this motivation by the characters?

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