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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanni give Lisabetta in this section?
(a) A piece of silver.
(b) A piece of gold.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.

2. Why does Giovanni's landlady originally tell Giovanni to look at the window?
(a) To see the view.
(b) To feel the breeze.
(c) To see the moon.
(d) To feel the sun.

3. Who does Baglioni think is an awful man?
(a) Rappaccini.
(b) Dante.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Giovanni's father.

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

5. Why is Giovanni suspicious of Lisabetta?
(a) She maybe working with Rappaccini.
(b) She maybe working with Baglioni.
(c) She has a strange look on her face.
(d) She has shown too much interest in him.

6. Who does Baglioni tell Giovanni he grew up side by side with?
(a) Giovanni's father.
(b) Giovanni's mother.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Rappaccini's brother.

7. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Rappaccini?
(a) Constipated.
(b) Sallow.
(c) Floppy.
(d) Desperate.

8. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?
(a) With brutal honesty.
(b) With humorless eyes.
(c) With childish delight.
(d) With adult commonsense.

9. What color does Rappaccini dress in?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

10. What does Rappiccini avoid doing when he is among his plants?
(a) Touching them.
(b) Standing still.
(c) Raising his voice.
(d) Looking at them.

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

12. What is the only thing that Baglioni says he knows about Beatrice?
(a) She is a good gardener.
(b) She has giving birth to two children.
(c) She has deep knowledge of science.
(d) She speaks five languages.

13. Who does Giovanni say Beatrice should wear the flowers for the sake of?
(a) Himself.
(b) Her father.
(c) God.
(d) Her mother.

14. What word does the author use to describe Lisabetta's face?
(a) Prunish.
(b) Smooth.
(c) Puckered.
(d) Withered.

15. What is all beneath Giovanni's eye when he first looks out of his window?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini's look was as deep as?

2. What does Liabetta say a young man in Padua would give to be among Rappaccini's flowers?

3. What does Giovanni dream of at night in this section?

4. How does Rappaccini greet Baglioni?

5. How does Baglioni know Giovanni?

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