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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 Lisabetta tell Giovanni she has found?
(a) Photographs of Beatrice.
(b) A private entrance to Rappaccini's garden.
(c) A secret entrance into Beatrice's bedroom.
(d) A treasure chest.

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

3. What does Beatrice do when she first approaches the purple shrub in this section?
(a) Screams into its pollen.
(b) Throws open her arms.
(c) Drops to her knees.
(d) Pets its stem.

4. What does Beatrice say her father is fiercely acquainted with?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) The secrets of life.
(c) The scent of a woman.
(d) The secrets of nature.

5. What does Giovanni kill to prove to Beatrice he has been infected by the poisons?
(a) Insects.
(b) A spider.
(c) A dog.
(d) A lizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baglioni know Giovanni?

2. What does Beatrice say is the offspring of her father's science?

3. What does Giovanni dream of at night in this section?

4. Fill in the missing word "Basking in the .......... sunshine of her beauty."

5. What does Giovanni say Beatrice has filled with poison?

(see the answer key)

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