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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's landlady exclaim when she sees Giovanni?
(a) High heaven.
(b) Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
(c) Is it my birthday.
(d) Holy Virgin.

2. What passes over Giovanni like a shadow?
(a) Shivers.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Love.
(d) Faintness.

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

4. What does Beatrice say her father would tell Giovanni if he was there?
(a) How to defeat Baglioni.
(b) Many strange and interesting facts.
(c) His plans for the garden.
(d) To go away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say strikes a continual warfare in Giovanni's breast?

3. What does the author say Lisabetta's smile looks like?

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

5. What does the author says proceeds from the plants as night closes in?

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