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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the strange plants doing to each other as they bask in the sun?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Nodding.
(c) Dodging.
(d) Slapping.

3. What does Baglioni think Rappaccini should be held strictly accountable for?
(a) His lies.
(b) His garden.
(c) His failures.
(d) His success.

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

5. What does Beatrice call the plant's breath?
(a) The breath of death.
(b) The breath of God.
(c) The breath of luck.
(d) The breath of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baglioni a professor of?

2. As far as which city does Lisabetta say Rappaccini is known?

3. What does Giovanni say is more dear to Rappaccini than his garden?

4. What does Beatrice do as she comes down the garden path?

5. How does Rappaccini greet Baglioni?

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