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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 is the name of the city Giovanni has moved to?
(a) Florence.
(b) Napoli.
(c) Milan.
(d) Padua.

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

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

4. What places Giovanni at ease when he first sees Beatrice?
(a) Beatrice's manner.
(b) A sudden rainfall.
(c) Beatrice's beauty.
(d) The clearing clouds.

5. 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 hears with his own hears
(d) What he chooses to believe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the strange plants doing to each other as they bask in the sun?

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

3. What does author say people find themselves to be when they have finally realized a dream?

4. What does Giovanni do when he sees neither Beatrice or her father are present in the garden?

5. What is Baglioni a professor of?

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