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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does the author say Beatrice grief was beyond?
(a) Hate.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Passion.

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

5. Who does Giovanni say to Beatrice gave him the potion?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) A wise physician.
(c) A good man.
(d) A doctor in the know.

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

7. Why does Beatrice say Rappaccini cannot touch the plant?
(a) It would take months for it to recover.
(b) It would be fatal.
(c) Its flowers should be left to prosper.
(d) It will die.

8. What does Giovanni cry at Beatrice with venom?
(a) Basketcase.
(b) Accursed one.
(c) Evil one.
(d) Devil child.

9. What does Giovanni think his eyes possess?
(a) Superabundance.
(b) Fun.
(c) Grace.
(d) Vivacity.

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

11. What does Beatrice say is the only thing true about her?
(a) The look from her eyes.
(b) The choke of her laughter.
(c) The keeness of her smile.
(d) The words from her lips.

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

13. Who does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?
(a) Rappaccini.
(b) Baglioni.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Himself.

14. What does Beatrice say that should be the only thing Giovanni should believe about her?
(a) What he chooses to believe.
(b) What he hears with his own hears
(c) What he sees with his own eyes.
(d) What he reads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?

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

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

4. What makes Beatrice pause and tremble in this section?

5. What person does Giovanni least expect sympathy from?

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