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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Giovanni say he is conversing with Beatrice like?
(a) A brother.
(b) A friend.
(c) A lover.
(d) A father.

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

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

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

7. What does Giovanni feel know more when he gazes into Beatrice's eyes?
(a) Love or kindness.
(b) Anger or hate.
(c) Doubt or fear.
(d) Unloved and needy.

8. Complete the following sentence "If fame says..."
(a) True.
(b) Wow.
(c) Where.
(d) No.

9. What does Giovanni hear the rustling of just before Beatrice appears?
(a) Wrapping paper.
(b) Leaves.
(c) A velvet garment.
(d) A silken garment.

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

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

12. What does Beatrice say the purple plant nourished her with?
(a) Its breath.
(b) Its milk.
(c) Its sap.
(d) Its scent.

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

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

15. Who does Giovanni say has pale intelligence in this section?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) Lisabetta.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanni mutter to himself when Baglioni tries to tell him the truth?

2. What does Beatrice's shriek go through Giovanni's heart like?

3. Fill in the missing word "Basking in the .......... sunshine of her beauty."

4. Which of the following words does Giovanni use to describe the plants gorgeousness?

5. What does Baglioni say the Indian woman was as lovely as?

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