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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 author say people find themselves to be when they have finally realized a dream?
(a) Hugely disappointed.
(b) Coldly self-possessed.
(c) Overly self-indulgent.
(d) Warmly faint.

2. What does Beatrice say her father would tell Giovanni if he was there?
(a) Many strange and interesting facts.
(b) How to defeat Baglioni.
(c) To go away.
(d) His plans for the garden.

3. What does Rappaccini say weak women are exposed to?
(a) All hate.
(b) All love.
(c) All evil.
(d) All lecherers.

4. What does Giovanni exclaim after his breath kills the creature?
(a) Troubled days.
(b) Take me home.
(c) Dammit.
(d) Accursed.

5. What person does Giovanni least expect sympathy from?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Baglioni.
(c) His father.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears at Giovanni's window as Beatrice dies?

2. What does Giovanni do when he sees neither Beatrice or her father are present in the garden?

3. Who does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?

4. What does Beatrice say is the offspring of her father's science?

5. What does Baglioni give Giovanni to help cure Beatrice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rappaccini think about his daughter's to be part of society?

2. What does Giovanni sees when he looks into the mirror?

3. In what way are Beatrice and GIovanni pawns in a game between the two scientists?

4. What is the atmosphere between Beatrice and Giovanni when they first meet in this section?

5. Why does Beatrice say she feels so close to the purple plant?

6. What does Baglioni say when he is alone on the staircase?

7. How does Giovanni react to Baglioni's claims that Beatrice is manipulating him?

8. Describe the relationship that develops between Beatrice and Giovanni?

9. What does Giovanni notice when he turns around from the purple plant?

10. How does the one time Beatrice touches Giovanni affect?

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