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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stops Giovanni in the streets?
(a) Rappaccini.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Baglioni.
(d) Baggio.

2. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?
(a) Lisabetta.
(b) Serena.
(c) Maria.
(d) Beatrice.

3. What does Beatrice do when she first approaches the purple shrub in this section?
(a) Screams into its pollen.
(b) Pets its stem.
(c) Drops to her knees.
(d) Throws open her arms.

4. What does Beatrice tell the plant she is faint with?
(a) Common conversation.
(b) Lack of love.
(c) Common air.
(d) Lack of life.

5. What does Rappaccini think all medicinal virtues are comprised with?
(a) Vegetable poisons.
(b) Botanic poisons.
(c) Fruit poisons.
(d) Pollen poisons.

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

7. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he has never expressed?
(a) Warmth of heart.
(b) His inner feelings.
(c) Sexual desire.
(d) His deepest hated.

8. Which Italian poet does the author reference in the opening of the story?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Dante.
(c) Rimbaud.
(d) Fabian.

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

10. Which of the following sentences does Giovanni rudely state to Baglioni?
(a) You smell.
(b) Now let me pass.
(c) Go away.
(d) You wouldn't understand me.

11. What does Giovanni hear when Lisabetta opens the garden gate?
(a) The rustling of leaves.
(b) The howling of a wind.
(c) The singing of birds.
(d) The swaying of trees.

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

13. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini look lacked?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Humor.
(c) Love.
(d) Warmth.

14. What is the name of Rappaccini's daughter?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Serena.
(d) Jane.

15. Who meets Giovanni at the door of his lodgings?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Baglioni.
(c) His father.
(d) Lisabetta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baglioni think Rappaccini should be held strictly accountable for?

2. Who has caused Giovanni's sudden suspicions?

3. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?

4. What does Beatrice call the plant's breath?

5. Who does Baglioni think Rappaccini is making a study of?

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