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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice call the rumors circling about her abilities as a gardener?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Idle.
(d) Spiteful.

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

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

4. How often does Giovanni now see Beatrice?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Everyday.
(d) Twice a day.

5. What does the author say recollection of former scenes with Beatrice has makes him do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Shrink.
(d) Go red.

6. What does Beatrice's spirit gush out of her like?
(a) A fresh rill.
(b) God's words.
(c) A fresh salmon.
(d) Electricity.

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

8. What kind of creature does Giovanni kill in this section?
(a) A bird.
(b) A spider.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A lizard.

9. What does Rappaccini say weak women are exposed to?
(a) All love.
(b) All hate.
(c) All evil.
(d) All lecherers.

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

11. What does Baglioni say the perfume he can smell in Giovanni's apartment is like?
(a) The squirt of lemon juice.
(b) The breath of a lady.
(c) The spray of deodrant.
(d) The breath of a flower.

12. What does Giovanni kill to prove to Beatrice he has been infected by the poisons?
(a) Insects.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A spider.
(d) A dog.

13. Why does Giovanni say he wants to pick a flower from the purple plant?
(a) To contaminate himself with the poison.
(b) To give to Beatrice.
(c) To press to his breast.
(d) As a memorial to their meeting.

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

15. What does Giovanni exclaim after his breath kills the creature?
(a) Dammit.
(b) Troubled days.
(c) Accursed.
(d) Take me home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author refer to Rappaccini's garden in this section?

2. What was the Indian woman's breath richer than?

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

4. Where does Beatice meet Giovanni?

5. What does Baglioni chuckle to himself on the staircase?

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