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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 have to force himself through to get into the garden?
(a) A patch of nettles.
(b) The narrow door opening
(c) The entanglement of a shrub.
(d) A narrow gap in a fence.

2. What does the author compare Beatrice's voice to when she accepts the bouquet?
(a) A chorus of frogs.
(b) A gush of music.
(c) A gush of pure water.
(d) A chorus of violins.

3. What is the name of Rappaccini's daughter?
(a) Jane.
(b) Serena.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Beatrice.

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

5. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Giovanni's apartment?
(a) L-shaped.
(b) Warm.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Dingy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's impatience when he talks to the professor?

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

3. What does the writer say Beatrice's voice is as rich as?

4. How does Giovanni try to get rid of his fever?

5. Who has caused Giovanni's sudden suspicions?

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