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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 is Giovanni beneath as he stands just inside Rappaccini's garden?
(a) The purple plant.
(b) Beatrice's window.
(c) A balcony.
(d) His own window.

2. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Lisabetta.
(c) Maria.
(d) Serena.

3. Why does Giovanni's landlady originally tell Giovanni to look at the window?
(a) To see the moon.
(b) To feel the breeze.
(c) To see the view.
(d) To feel the sun.

4. Which Italian poet does the author reference in the opening of the story?
(a) Dante.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Fabian.
(d) Rimbaud.

5. What is wrong with the fountain?
(a) It is cracked down the middle.
(b) It's figurehead has no head.
(c) It is covered in moss.
(d) It sprays water in three different directions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanni give Lisabetta in this section?

2. What biblical character does Giovanni compare Rappaccini to?

3. What is the name of the city Giovanni has moved to?

4. Why does Giovanni say it doesn't matter if Beatrice is an angel or a demon?

5. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's impatience when he talks to the professor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lizard die?

2. How does the author describe the purple flower?

3. What is Baglioni's opinion of Rappaccini?

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

5. How has spending so much time in her father's garden affected Beatrice?

6. What is Lisabetta's opinion of Dr. Rappaccini?

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

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

9. How does the insect die?

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

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