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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice's spirit gush out of her like?
(a) Electricity.
(b) A fresh rill.
(c) God's words.
(d) A fresh salmon.

2. What is the one subject Giovanni says Baglioni is barred from speaking to him about?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) His studies.
(c) The garden.
(d) His father.

3. Where does Beatrice say the purple shrub came from?
(a) From the heavens.
(b) She created it.
(c) Her father created it.
(d) The devil.

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

5. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's bedroom?
(a) Observatory.
(b) Chamber.
(c) Study.
(d) Pig sty.

6. What does Beatrice say her father's love for science has done to her?
(a) Shown her true beauty.
(b) Estranged her from society.
(c) Made her into a recluse.
(d) Given her a grounding in life.

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

8. What does Giovanni mutter to himself when Baglioni tries to tell him the truth?
(a) It is a dream.
(b) This is not happening.
(c) Be quiet old man.
(d) I've been a fool.

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

10. What does the author say Beatrice's pure delight at Giovanni's company is not unlike?
(a) The romantic whose found her love.
(b) The maiden stuck in a tower.
(c) The lover who finally feels loved.
(d) The maiden of a lonely island.

11. What does Beatrice say is the only thing true about her?
(a) The keeness of her smile.
(b) The look from her eyes.
(c) The choke of her laughter.
(d) The words from her lips.

12. 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.

13. What does the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?
(a) Love.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Passion.
(d) Hate.

14. What does Giovanni say Beatrice's prayers taint the atmosphere with?
(a) Fear.
(b) Death.
(c) Hate.
(d) Darkness.

15. What does Giovanni suggest that Beatrice and himself go to church to do?
(a) Free their souls.
(b) Smash windows.
(c) Talk to a priest.
(d) Dip their fingers in holywater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Indian woman's breath richer than?

2. What does Baglioni say the Indian woman was as lovely as?

3. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?

4. What does Beatrice's shriek go through Giovanni's heart like?

5. How does the author refer to Rappaccini's garden in this section?

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