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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 Baglioni say that Rappaccini doesn't respect?
(a) Human life.
(b) The traditions of academia.
(c) Family values.
(d) The rules of the medical profession.

2. What does Giovanni kill to prove to Beatrice he has been infected by the poisons?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A dog.
(c) Insects.
(d) A spider.

3. How does Giovanni ask Beatrice to help him?
(a) By showing him the way out of the garden.
(b) By giving him her hand.
(c) By showing him her father's files.
(d) By instructing him on the plants.

4. What does Beatrice say is her father's world?
(a) Plants.
(b) The garden.
(c) Academia.
(d) Science.

5. What does Beatrice say her father is fiercely acquainted with?
(a) The secrets of life.
(b) The secrets of nature.
(c) The love of a woman.
(d) The scent of a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beatrice say the purple shrub came from?

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

3. What does Beatrice say when Giovanni offers her the antidote?

4. What does Giovanni cry at Beatrice with venom?

5. What does Beatrice say is the only thing true about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beatrice say she can't show Giovanni around the garden?

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

3. How does Baglioni react to Beatrice's death?

4. Why does Beatrice say she is so angry at her father?

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

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

7. How does Giovanni express his anger his anger to Beatrice?

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

9. What do Beatrice and Giovanni talk about together?

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

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