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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanni realize is the fragrance Baglioni smelled?
(a) Beatrice's perfume.
(b) Lisabetta's perfume.
(c) The poison on his breath.
(d) The petals stuck to the bottom of his shoe.

2. What does Baglioni tell Giovanni he has been reading lately?
(a) A collection of short stories.
(b) A collection of poems.
(c) An old classic.
(d) A fantasy epic.

3. What makes Beatrice pause and tremble in this section?
(a) The plant drooping towards the ground.
(b) Her father calling her name.
(c) Giovanni approaching the plant.
(d) Giovanni frowning darkly upon her.

4. How does Giovanni address Beatrice when he first speaks to her?
(a) Madame.
(b) Beat box.
(c) Lady.
(d) Signora.

5. What does the author say Giovanni's pulses had throbbed with?
(a) Thin blood.
(b) Feverish blood.
(c) Luminous blood.
(d) Clotted blood.

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

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

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

9. Who appears at Giovanni's window as Beatrice dies?
(a) Lisabetta.
(b) Baglioni.
(c) Giovanni's father.
(d) Rappaccini.

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

11. How does the author refer to Rappaccini's garden in this section?
(a) The garden of hanging snakes.
(b) The garden of the unknown.
(c) The Eden of Hell.
(d) The Eden of poisonous flowers.

12. 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.

13. What does Giovanni see Beatrice do when she sees the purple plant?
(a) Hold her hand to her bossom.
(b) Fall to her need.
(c) Sigh deeply.
(d) Wipe sweat from her brow.

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

15. How does Giovanni protect his hand?
(a) With a handkerchief.
(b) With a scarf.
(c) With a plaster.
(d) With a bandage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beatrice say her father is fiercely acquainted with?

2. What does Giovanni feel know more when he gazes into Beatrice's eyes?

3. What does the author say Giovanni's rage breaks forth like?

4. What does the author say Beatrice's pure delight at Giovanni's company is not unlike?

5. What does the author say Beatrice grief was beyond?

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