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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanni have a supply of in his pocket?
(a) Gold ducats.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Boiled sweets.

2. What does the author say Giovanni has instead of a deep heart?
(a) A deep intellect.
(b) A deep liver.
(c) A quick fancy.
(d) A quick mind.

3. What does Giovanni think he can see happening to the bouquet as Beatrice walks away?
(a) Its petal are illuminating the whole garden.
(b) Its flowers are changing color.
(c) Its changing into a cactus.
(d) It is beginning to wither.

4. How does Giovanni think the insect dies?
(a) From Beatrice's perfume.
(b) From landing on Beatrice's hair.
(c) From Beatrice's breath.
(d) From landing on the plant.

5. What does Giovanni dream of at night in this section?
(a) Being attacked by a plant.
(b) Flying through the garden.
(c) A rich flower and a beautiful woman.
(d) Going home to Naples.

6. What is the only thing that Baglioni says he knows about Beatrice?
(a) She speaks five languages.
(b) She is a good gardener.
(c) She has deep knowledge of science.
(d) She has giving birth to two children.

7. What does Rappaccini place around his mouth while he is in the garden?
(a) Duct tape.
(b) His hand.
(c) A gum shield.
(d) A mask.

8. What does Baglioni think Rappaccini should be held strictly accountable for?
(a) His garden.
(b) His failures.
(c) His success.
(d) His lies.

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

10. What is Rappaccini's first name?
(a) Roberto.
(b) Giacomo.
(c) Luigi.
(d) Guiseppi.

11. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he has never expressed?
(a) Sexual desire.
(b) His inner feelings.
(c) Warmth of heart.
(d) His deepest hated.

12. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?
(a) A tropical sun.
(b) A fruit salad.
(c) A full moon.
(d) A chocolate cake.

13. What does Rappaccini think all medicinal virtues are comprised with?
(a) Fruit poisons.
(b) Vegetable poisons.
(c) Pollen poisons.
(d) Botanic poisons.

14. What kind of wine do Giovanni and the professor drink?
(a) Naples wine.
(b) French wine.
(c) Hungarian wine.
(d) Tuscan wine.

15. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini look lacked?
(a) Humor.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say strikes a continual warfare in Giovanni's breast?

2. Who has caused Giovanni's sudden suspicions?

3. How does Giovanni speak when he first gets out of his inner world into his outer world?

4. What does Beatrice call the plant's breath?

5. What does Beatrice tell the plant she is faint with?

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