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

2. What famous garden does Giovanni compare Rappaccini's garden to?
(a) Kew Gardens.
(b) The Hanging Garden of Babylon.
(c) The Swedish Gardens.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

3. What does Beatrice do when she first approaches the purple shrub in this section?
(a) Throws open her arms.
(b) Pets its stem.
(c) Screams into its pollen.
(d) Drops to her knees.

4. What is Baglioni a professor of?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Plants.

5. What does Lisabetta tell Giovanni she has found?
(a) A secret entrance into Beatrice's bedroom.
(b) A private entrance to Rappaccini's garden.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) Photographs of Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Italian poet does the author reference in the opening of the story?

2. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?

3. What does Giovanni buy on the way home?

4. What does Giovanni think he can see happening to the bouquet as Beatrice walks away?

5. What is Giovanni's surname?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the purple flower?

2. How parts of the story suggest that Giovanni is an innocent?

3. How does Giovanni respond to seeing Baglioni in this section?

4. How does Baglioni react to Giovanni's rudeness?

5. What does this section say about the relationship Baglioni has with Rappaccini?

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

7. How does Lisabetta act when Giovanni arrives home?

8. How does Giovanni know Professor Baglioni?

9. How does Beatrice react to seeing Giovanni watching her?

10. How does the lizard die?

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