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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Giovanni address Beatrice when he first speaks to her?
(a) Signora.
(b) Beat box.
(c) Madame.
(d) Lady.

2. What does Baglioni say Giovanni is doing violence towards?
(a) His perfect skin.
(b) His gray hairs.
(c) His passion.
(d) His intellect.

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

4. What does Beatrice say she has done for the first time in her life?
(a) Spoken to a man.
(b) Fallen in love.
(c) Forgotten the plant.
(d) Walked out of the garden.

5. What does Rappaccini say weak women are exposed to?
(a) All hate.
(b) All lecherers.
(c) All love.
(d) All evil.

6. What does Giovanni call the story Baglioni tells him about Alexander the Great?
(a) A terrible tale.
(b) A blatant lie.
(c) A childish fable.
(d) A kid's spook story.

7. What does Giovanni hope to snatch from Beatrice's full gaze?
(a) The prettiness.
(b) The sunshine.
(c) The enigma.
(d) The mystery.

8. What does Beatrice say that should be the only thing Giovanni should believe about her?
(a) What he reads.
(b) What he sees with his own eyes.
(c) What he chooses to believe.
(d) What he hears with his own hears

9. Complete the following sentence "If fame says..."
(a) Wow.
(b) True.
(c) Where.
(d) No.

10. What does the author say Giovanni's pulses had throbbed with?
(a) Thin blood.
(b) Clotted blood.
(c) Feverish blood.
(d) Luminous blood.

11. What does author say people find themselves to be when they have finally realized a dream?
(a) Overly self-indulgent.
(b) Warmly faint.
(c) Coldly self-possessed.
(d) Hugely disappointed.

12. What does Giovanni hear the rustling of just before Beatrice appears?
(a) A silken garment.
(b) A velvet garment.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Wrapping paper.

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

14. What does Baglioni say the Indian woman was as lovely as?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) The sunset.
(d) The dawn.

15. Who does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) Himself.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Giovanni say Beatrice has filled with poison?

3. Which of the following ugly things about Beatrice does Giovanni find difficult to forget?

4. What does Giovanni think his eyes possess?

5. What does the author say recollection of former scenes with Beatrice has makes him do?

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