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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) Crystals and gems.
(b) Diamonds and rubies.
(c) Rubies and marbles.
(d) Gems and marbles.

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

3. What is Beatrice's face brightened by?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Lightness.
(c) Love.
(d) Humor.

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

5. What does Giovanni say Beatrice's prayers taint the atmosphere with?
(a) Fear.
(b) Death.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Hate.

6. What is the one subject Giovanni says Baglioni is barred from speaking to him about?
(a) The garden.
(b) His father.
(c) His studies.
(d) Beatrice.

7. What does Beatrice say her father is fiercely acquainted with?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) The secrets of nature.
(c) The scent of a woman.
(d) The secrets of life.

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

9. Where does Giovanni say is the only place there is a fragrance?
(a) On the professor's clothes.
(b) In Rappaccini's garden.
(c) On Lisabetta's clothes.
(d) In the professor's imagination.

10. What does Baglioni give Giovanni to help cure Beatrice?
(a) A tablet.
(b) Syrup.
(c) A silver phial.
(d) A homemade medicine mixture.

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

12. What does Baglioni say that Rappaccini doesn't respect?
(a) Human life.
(b) The traditions of academia.
(c) The rules of the medical profession.
(d) Family values.

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

14. What passes over Giovanni like a shadow?
(a) Shivers.
(b) Faintness.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Love.

15. What vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?
(a) To pluck his nostril hairs.
(b) To look in the mirror.
(c) To comb his hair.
(d) To put on perfume.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Giovanni think there is probably no need to apologize for entering the garden?

2. What does Baglioni tell Giovanni he has been reading lately?

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

4. What does Beatrice say is the offspring of her father's science?

5. How does Giovanni protect his hand?

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