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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Giovanni avoided Baglioni since their first meeting?
(a) He thought the professor would see his secrets.
(b) He though the professor was in love with Beatrice.
(c) He thought the professor would have moved from the house.
(d) He thought the professor would contact his father.

2. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?
(a) Food.
(b) His favorite book of poems.
(c) The bouquet of flowers.
(d) His wallet.

3. What does Giovanni give Lisabetta in this section?
(a) A piece of gold.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A ring.
(d) A piece of silver.

4. What plant does Rappaccini put in Beatrice's charge?
(a) The purple plant.
(b) The green plant.
(c) The red plant.
(d) The orange plant,

5. What does Giovanni do when he sees neither Beatrice or her father are present in the garden?
(a) He begins to take cuttings of the plants.
(b) He begins to sunbathe.
(c) He begins to dance naked.
(d) He begins a critical observation of the plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is all beneath Giovanni's eye when he first looks out of his window?

2. What is wrong with the fountain?

3. What does Baglioni say Giovanni is a son of?

4. What does Giovanni see Beatrice do when she sees the purple plant?

5. What does Giovanni say he is conversing with Beatrice like?

(see the answer key)

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