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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Giovanni's apartment?
(a) L-shaped.
(b) Dingy.
(c) Warm.
(d) Desolate.

2. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?
(a) A fruit salad.
(b) A tropical sun.
(c) A full moon.
(d) A chocolate cake.

3. What does Giovanni think he can see happening to the bouquet as Beatrice walks away?
(a) Its petal are illuminating the whole garden.
(b) Its flowers are changing color.
(c) Its changing into a cactus.
(d) It is beginning to wither.

4. What kind of wine do Giovanni and the professor drink?
(a) Naples wine.
(b) French wine.
(c) Tuscan wine.
(d) Hungarian wine.

5. What is wrong with the fountain?
(a) It is covered in moss.
(b) It is cracked down the middle.
(c) It sprays water in three different directions.
(d) It's figurehead has no head.

6. What does Giovanni have a supply of in his pocket?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gold ducats.
(c) Boiled sweets.
(d) Cigarettes.

7. What does Giovanni bring to Baglioni?
(a) A university scroll.
(b) An essay on plants.
(c) A tape of introduction.
(d) A letter of introduction.

8. How does Giovanni expect the professor to respond to Rappaccini's name?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Cordially.
(c) Amusingly.
(d) Lovingly.

9. What kills the lizard?
(a) A rain drop.
(b) Beatrice's foot.
(c) A dew drop from the purple plant.
(d) Beatrice's foot.

10. What are the strange plants doing to each other as they bask in the sun?
(a) Slapping.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Dodging.
(d) Nodding.

11. What plant does Rappaccini put in Beatrice's charge?
(a) The green plant.
(b) The orange plant,
(c) The purple plant.
(d) The red plant.

12. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's impatience when he talks to the professor?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Manic.
(d) Feverish.

13. What does the author says proceeds from the plants as night closes in?
(a) Oppressive inhalations.
(b) Perfumed haze.
(c) Perfumed clouds.
(d) Oppressive exhalations.

14. What does Giovanni say is more dear to Rappaccini than his garden?
(a) His house.
(b) His writings.
(c) His daughter.
(d) HIs wife.

15. What color is the lizard?
(a) Orange.
(b) Grey.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanni have to force himself through to get into the garden?

2. What does the author say the wine has caused Giovanni's brain to do?

3. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?

4. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?

5. Who stops Giovanni in the streets?

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