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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say Rappaccini's voice sounds like it is affected by?
(a) A difficult life.
(b) Inward disease.
(c) Love sickness.
(d) Approaching death.

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

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

5. How does the author refer to Rappaccini's garden in this section?
(a) The Eden of poisonous flowers.
(b) The garden of hanging snakes.
(c) The Eden of Hell.
(d) The garden of the unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What passes over Giovanni like a shadow?

2. Where does Rappaccini watch Beatrice and Giovanni from?

3. What is Rappaccini's first name?

4. What does Giovanni think he can see happening to the bouquet as Beatrice walks away?

5. Who does Baglioni tell Giovanni he grew up side by side with?

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