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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stones does it feel like are sparkling among the bubbles of the fountain?
(a) Gems and marbles.
(b) Diamonds and rubies.
(c) Rubies and marbles.
(d) Crystals and gems.

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

3. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's bedroom?
(a) Pig sty.
(b) Chamber.
(c) Study.
(d) Observatory.

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

5. Where does Beatrice say the purple shrub came from?
(a) Her father created it.
(b) The devil.
(c) She created it.
(d) From the heavens.

6. What does the author say Giovanni's rage breaks forth like?
(a) A camera flash out of a dark cloud.
(b) A sword from a knight's side.
(c) An angry bull let out of its pen.
(d) A lightning flash out of a dark cloud.

7. What does Beatrice's shriek go through Giovanni's heart like?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A sword.
(c) A bread knife.
(d) A spear.

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

9. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?
(a) The clearing clouds.
(b) Beatrice's manner.
(c) A sudden rainfall.
(d) Beatrice's beauty.

10. How does Giovanni ask Beatrice to help him?
(a) By instructing him on the plants.
(b) By giving him her hand.
(c) By showing him her father's files.
(d) By showing him the way out of the garden.

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

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

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

14. What does Beatrice say is the offspring of her father's science?
(a) The fountain.
(b) The purple shrub.
(c) HIs memoirs.
(d) Herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baglioni give Giovanni to help cure Beatrice?

2. What does Giovanni cry at Beatrice with venom?

3. What does Giovanni exclaim after his breath kills the creature?

4. What is the one subject Giovanni says Baglioni is barred from speaking to him about?

5. What does Giovanni wake with a sense of the next day?

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