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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanni suggest that Beatrice and himself go to church to do?
(a) Dip their fingers in holywater.
(b) Talk to a priest.
(c) Free their souls.
(d) Smash windows.

2. What word does the author use to describe Beatrice's haughtiness?
(a) Puppy-like.
(b) Feline-like.
(c) Queen-like.
(d) Princess-like.

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

4. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini has an insane zeal for?
(a) HIs garden.
(b) Love.
(c) Science.
(d) His daughter.

5. What does Baglioni say Giovanni is doing violence towards?
(a) His gray hairs.
(b) His intellect.
(c) His passion.
(d) His perfect skin.

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

7. Why does Giovanni think there is probably no need to apologize for entering the garden?
(a) It would be a sign of weakness.
(b) He is there on Rappaccini's say so.
(c) The garden is too beautiful to be kept private.
(d) Lisabetta owns the garden.

8. Which of the following ugly things about Beatrice does Giovanni find difficult to forget?
(a) Her fingerprints left on his hand and wrist.
(b) The bouquet withered in her grasp.
(c) Her language when he tired to touch the purple flower.
(d) Her scowl when he insulted her father.

9. What does Giovanni wake with a sense of the next day?
(a) Hate.
(b) .Wonder.
(c) Pain
(d) Love.

10. Where does Rappaccini watch Beatrice and Giovanni from?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) Giovanni's bedroom.
(c) His garden shed.
(d) The garden entrance.

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

12. What does Giovanni mutter to himself when Baglioni tries to tell him the truth?
(a) It is a dream.
(b) This is not happening.
(c) Be quiet old man.
(d) I've been a fool.

13. What does Baglioni say was the element of the Indian woman's life?
(a) Poison.
(b) Hate.
(c) Water.
(d) Love.

14. Where does Beatice meet Giovanni?
(a) Under his window.
(b) The private entrance.
(c) The purple flower.
(d) The fountain.

15. What does Giovanni say Beatrice has filled with poison?
(a) His veins.
(b) His heart.
(c) His arteries.
(d) His brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanni say Beatrice's prayers taint the atmosphere with?

2. What does Beatrice call the rumors circling about her abilities as a gardener?

3. What does the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?

4. What does Beatrice say when Giovanni offers her the antidote?

5. Where does Beatrice say the purple shrub came from?

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