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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanni have to force himself through to get into the garden?
(a) A narrow gap in a fence.
(b) The narrow door opening
(c) The entanglement of a shrub.
(d) A patch of nettles.

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

3. What does Giovanni dream of at night in this section?
(a) Flying through the garden.
(b) Being attacked by a plant.
(c) Going home to Naples.
(d) A rich flower and a beautiful woman.

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

5. What part of Italy is Giovanni from?
(a) Naples.
(b) Sardinia.
(c) Capri.
(d) Florence.

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

7. What does Beatrice want to give Giovanni in exchange for his gift?
(a) A kiss.
(b) A gold coin.
(c) A purple flower.
(d) A dinner.

8. What does Lisabetta call Giovanni when she talks to him?
(a) Signor.
(b) Boy.
(c) Ragazza.
(d) Gio.

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

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

11. What does Baglioni think Rappaccini should be held strictly accountable for?
(a) His success.
(b) His garden.
(c) His failures.
(d) His lies.

12. What is Giovanni's surname?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) Guasconti.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Baggio.

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

14. What does the author say Rappaccini's voice sounds like it is affected by?
(a) Approaching death.
(b) A difficult life.
(c) Inward disease.
(d) Love sickness.

15. What does Beatrice say the plant will reward her with?
(a) Its radiance.
(b) Its soft touch.
(c) Its perfumed breath.
(d) Its tasty sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the glance Baglioni scrutinizes Giovanni with?

2. Who does Giovanni say Beatrice should wear the flowers for the sake of?

3. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he is working among when he walks among his plants and flowers?

4. What does Beatrice do as she comes down the garden path?

5. How does Giovanni expect the professor to respond to Rappaccini's name?

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