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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe the glance Baglioni scrutinizes Giovanni with?
(a) Loving.
(b) Earnest.
(c) Funky.
(d) Humorless.

2. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's southern temperament?
(a) Ardent.
(b) Cool.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Stubborn.

3. What does the author compare Beatrice's voice to when she accepts the bouquet?
(a) A gush of pure water.
(b) A gush of music.
(c) A chorus of violins.
(d) A chorus of frogs.

4. How does Giovanni speak when he first gets out of his inner world into his outer world?
(a) In a nightmare.
(b) Like a punch drunk boxer.
(c) With anger.
(d) In a dream.

5. Which of the following sentences does Giovanni rudely state to Baglioni?
(a) Go away.
(b) You wouldn't understand me.
(c) You smell.
(d) Now let me pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Rappaccini?

2. Which of the following sentences does the man exclaim to Giovanni when he stops him?

3. What is all beneath Giovanni's eye when he first looks out of his window?

4. Why is Giovanni suspicious of Lisabetta?

5. What color does Rappaccini dress in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What signs are there that Rappaccini is afraid to touch the plants?

2. How does the author describe the purple flower?

3. Why does Giovanni go with Lisabetta if he is so suspicious of her?

4. In what way can the Rappaccini's garden be compared to the Garden of Eden?

5. What affect do Baglioni's words have on Giovanni?

6. How does Baglioni greet Giovanni?

7. How does the lizard die?

8. How does the author describe Rappaccini's garden?

9. Describe the journey from Giovanni's house to Rappiccini's garden?

10. What are Giovanni's first impressions of Beatrice?

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