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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 Lisabetta call Giovanni when she talks to him?
(a) Signor.
(b) Ragazza.
(c) Boy.
(d) Gio.

2. What color is the lizard?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Grey.
(d) Orange.

3. Which of the following sentences does the man exclaim to Giovanni when he stops him?
(a) Please Giovanni we need to talk.
(b) Are you insane.
(c) How rude can you get.
(d) Have you forgotten me.

4. What does Rappaccini place around his mouth while he is in the garden?
(a) A mask.
(b) Duct tape.
(c) His hand.
(d) A gum shield.

5. What does Giovanni have to force himself through to get into the garden?
(a) A narrow gap in a fence.
(b) The entanglement of a shrub.
(c) A patch of nettles.
(d) The narrow door opening

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe Lisabetta's face?

2. How does Beatrice react when she sees the dead lizard?

3. What does the author say strikes a continual warfare in Giovanni's breast?

4. How does Giovanni think the insect dies?

5. How does Rappaccini greet Baglioni?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the purple flower?

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

3. How does the lizard die?

4. How does Lisabetta act when Giovanni arrives home?

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

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

7. How has Giovanni's changed at the beginning of this story?

8. How does this opening section express Giovanni's youthful energy?

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

10. How do Baglioni's word affect Giovanni when he goes home?

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