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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 does Beatrice say Rappaccini cannot touch the plant?
(a) Its flowers should be left to prosper.
(b) It would take months for it to recover.
(c) It will die.
(d) It would be fatal.

2. How does Rappaccini greet Baglioni?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Coldly.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) Warmly.

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

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

5. How does Giovanni speak when he first gets out of his inner world into his outer world?
(a) In a nightmare.
(b) Like a punch drunk boxer.
(c) In a dream.
(d) With anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beatrice do when she first approaches the purple shrub in this section?

3. What kind of stone is the fountain made from?

4. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he is working among when he walks among his plants and flowers?

5. What does Giovanni feel know more when he gazes into Beatrice's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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