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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 15 -20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Giovanni expect the professor to respond to Rappaccini's name?
(a) Lovingly.
(b) Cordially.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Amusingly.

3. What does Beatrice say that should be the only thing Giovanni should believe about her?
(a) What he chooses to believe.
(b) What he reads.
(c) What he sees with his own eyes.
(d) What he hears with his own hears

4. What does Giovanni think he can see happening to the bouquet as Beatrice walks away?
(a) It is beginning to wither.
(b) Its changing into a cactus.
(c) Its flowers are changing color.
(d) Its petal are illuminating the whole garden.

5. What makes Beatrice pause and tremble in this section?
(a) The plant drooping towards the ground.
(b) Her father calling her name.
(c) Giovanni approaching the plant.
(d) Giovanni frowning darkly upon her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baglioni tell Giovanni he has been reading lately?

2. What vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?

3. Why does Giovanni's landlady originally tell Giovanni to look at the window?

4. What does Beatrice say the purple plant nourished her with?

5. What part of Italy is Giovanni from?

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