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

2. What does Beatrice do when she first approaches the purple shrub in this section?
(a) Pets its stem.
(b) Screams into its pollen.
(c) Drops to her knees.
(d) Throws open her arms.

3. Why does Giovanni say he wants to pick a flower from the purple plant?
(a) To contaminate himself with the poison.
(b) To press to his breast.
(c) To give to Beatrice.
(d) As a memorial to their meeting.

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

5. How does Giovanni ask Beatrice to help him?
(a) By instructing him on the plants.
(b) By showing him the way out of the garden.
(c) By showing him her father's files.
(d) By giving him her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is a madness to Giovanni?

2. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?

3. What does Lisabetta tell Giovanni she has found?

4. What does the author say the wine has caused Giovanni's brain to do?

5. What does Baglioni think Rappaccini should be held strictly accountable for?

(see the answer key)

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