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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 Beatrice react when she sees the dead lizard?
(a) She kicks it away.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She cries.
(d) She crosses herself.

2. What does Giovanni think has an immortal spirit?
(a) His apartment.
(b) The purple flower.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) The fountain.

3. What does the author say Giovanni's withered guide leads him through?
(a) Obscure passages.
(b) A misty night.
(c) A starry night.
(d) Darkly lit corridors.

4. Why does Giovanni say it doesn't matter if Beatrice is an angel or a demon?
(a) She will never harm anyone.
(b) He is in her sphere.
(c) She just needs love.
(d) He can change her.

5. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?
(a) The bouquet of flowers.
(b) His favorite book of poems.
(c) His wallet.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?

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

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

4. What is Baglioni a professor of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisabetta act when Giovanni arrives home?

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

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

4. How does Giovanni know Professor Baglioni?

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

6. How does Beatrice treat the plants differently to her father?

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

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

9. What does this section suggest about Giovanni's life thus far?

10. What is Baglioni's opinion on Beatrice?

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