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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 vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?
(a) To put on perfume.
(b) To comb his hair.
(c) To pluck his nostril hairs.
(d) To look in the mirror.

2. Where does Beatrice emerge behind from?
(a) The purple plant.
(b) The marble fountain.
(c) The sculptured portal.
(d) An oak tree.

3. What does the author say Giovanni's rage breaks forth like?
(a) A camera flash out of a dark cloud.
(b) A lightning flash out of a dark cloud.
(c) An angry bull let out of its pen.
(d) A sword from a knight's side.

4. Why does Giovanni say he wants to pick a flower from the purple plant?
(a) As a memorial to their meeting.
(b) To press to his breast.
(c) To contaminate himself with the poison.
(d) To give to Beatrice.

5. What does Baglioni give Giovanni to help cure Beatrice?
(a) A silver phial.
(b) Syrup.
(c) A homemade medicine mixture.
(d) A tablet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the Indian woman been nourished with since her birth?

2. Who does Giovanni say to Beatrice gave him the potion?

3. What does the author say Beatrice grief was beyond?

4. Where does Beatice meet Giovanni?

5. What does Baglioni tell Giovanni he has been reading lately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baglioni help Giovanni in this section?

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

3. How does Baglioni think the story relates to Giovanni?

4. How does Beatrice react when Giovanni approaches the purple plant?

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

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

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

8. How does Beatrice react to Giovanni's accusations?

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

10. What is the story that Baglioni tells Giovanni in this section?

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