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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 had the Indian woman been nourished with since her birth?
(a) Steroids.
(b) Milk.
(c) Poisons.
(d) Honey.

2. What does Giovanni say he is conversing with Beatrice like?
(a) A brother.
(b) A lover.
(c) A father.
(d) A friend.

3. What does Giovanni see Beatrice do when she sees the purple plant?
(a) Sigh deeply.
(b) Wipe sweat from her brow.
(c) Fall to her need.
(d) Hold her hand to her bossom.

4. What does Baglioni chuckle to himself on the staircase?
(a) We will thwart Rappaccini yet.
(b) I will win the war and the battle.
(c) We will cure her of her ills.
(d) I love people too much.

5. What does Giovanni do when he sees neither Beatrice or her father are present in the garden?
(a) He begins to take cuttings of the plants.
(b) He begins to sunbathe.
(c) He begins a critical observation of the plants.
(d) He begins to dance naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the missing word "Basking in the .......... sunshine of her beauty."

2. What does the author say Giovanni's pulses had throbbed with?

3. What does the author say Beatrice's pure delight at Giovanni's company is not unlike?

4. What is the one subject Giovanni says Baglioni is barred from speaking to him about?

5. What passes over Giovanni like a shadow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

4. How does Giovanni prove to Beatrice that she has infected him?

5. What is Giovanni's impression os Beatrice during their first meeting?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Beatrice stop Giovanni from touching her?

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