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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Rappaccini defends his hands with?
(a) Thick gloves.
(b) A force field.
(c) Rubber gloves.
(d) Latex gloves.

2. What is Baglioni a professor of?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Plants.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

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

4. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?
(a) With brutal honesty.
(b) With childish delight.
(c) With humorless eyes.
(d) With adult commonsense.

5. What does Beatrice say the plant will reward her with?
(a) Its soft touch.
(b) Its radiance.
(c) Its tasty sap.
(d) Its perfumed breath.

6. What does Giovanni think has an immortal spirit?
(a) The purple flower.
(b) His apartment.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) The fountain.

7. What is the name of Rappaccini's daughter?
(a) Jane.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Serena.
(d) Beatrice.

8. What does Giovanni bring to Baglioni?
(a) An essay on plants.
(b) A university scroll.
(c) A tape of introduction.
(d) A letter of introduction.

9. What color is the lizard?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Grey.

10. What does the author say the wine has caused Giovanni's brain to do?
(a) Explode.
(b) Swim.
(c) Blur.
(d) Pulsate.

11. What does the author say Lisabetta's smile looks like?
(a) A paper cut.
(b) A carving in wood.
(c) A crack in a stone.
(d) A bullet wound.

12. What does Giovanni have to force himself through to get into the garden?
(a) A patch of nettles.
(b) The entanglement of a shrub.
(c) The narrow door opening
(d) A narrow gap in a fence.

13. Who does Baglioni think Rappaccini is making a study of?
(a) Lisabetta.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Himself.
(d) Giovanni.

14. What is Giovanni's surname?
(a) Baggio.
(b) Rappaccini.
(c) Baglioni.
(d) Guasconti.

15. Who stops Giovanni in the streets?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Rappaccini.
(c) Baggio.
(d) Baglioni.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baglioni say Giovanni is a son of?

2. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?

3. What does Giovanni have a supply of in his pocket?

4. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini's look was as deep as?

5. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?

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