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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Beatrice's pure delight at Giovanni's company is not unlike?
(a) The romantic whose found her love.
(b) The lover who finally feels loved.
(c) The maiden stuck in a tower.
(d) The maiden of a lonely island.

2. How does Giovanni address Beatrice when he first speaks to her?
(a) Lady.
(b) Beat box.
(c) Madame.
(d) Signora.

3. What does Beatrice say the purple plant nourished her with?
(a) Its milk.
(b) Its scent.
(c) Its sap.
(d) Its breath.

4. What does author say people find themselves to be when they have finally realized a dream?
(a) Hugely disappointed.
(b) Coldly self-possessed.
(c) Overly self-indulgent.
(d) Warmly faint.

5. What does Beatrice say when Giovanni offers her the antidote?
(a) Leave me alone.
(b) Never.
(c) Give it to me.
(d) To us.

6. What had the Indian woman been nourished with since her birth?
(a) Honey.
(b) Milk.
(c) Steroids.
(d) Poisons.

7. What does Beatrice say she has done for the first time in her life?
(a) Fallen in love.
(b) Forgotten the plant.
(c) Spoken to a man.
(d) Walked out of the garden.

8. What does Beatrice say that should be the only thing Giovanni should believe about her?
(a) What he sees with his own eyes.
(b) What he chooses to believe.
(c) What he hears with his own hears
(d) What he reads.

9. Who did the Indian Price send a beautiful Indian girl to?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Marc Anthony.
(d) King Edward I.

10. Why does Beatrice say Rappaccini cannot touch the plant?
(a) It will die.
(b) It would be fatal.
(c) It would take months for it to recover.
(d) Its flowers should be left to prosper.

11. What does Giovanni hope to snatch from Beatrice's full gaze?
(a) The prettiness.
(b) The mystery.
(c) The sunshine.
(d) The enigma.

12. Who does Giovanni say to Beatrice gave him the potion?
(a) A good man.
(b) Baglioni.
(c) A doctor in the know.
(d) A wise physician.

13. Where does Beatrice emerge behind from?
(a) The sculptured portal.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) The purple plant.
(d) The marble fountain.

14. What does the author say Giovanni's pulses had throbbed with?
(a) Clotted blood.
(b) Thin blood.
(c) Luminous blood.
(d) Feverish blood.

15. What makes Beatrice pause and tremble in this section?
(a) The plant drooping towards the ground.
(b) Her father calling her name.
(c) Giovanni approaching the plant.
(d) Giovanni frowning darkly upon her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanni realize is the fragrance Baglioni smelled?

2. Fill in the missing word "Basking in the .......... sunshine of her beauty."

3. What does Baglioni say that Rappaccini doesn't respect?

4. What does Giovanni say Beatrice has filled with poison?

5. What does Baglioni say was the element of the Indian woman's life?

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