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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?
(a) With childish delight.
(b) With brutal honesty.
(c) With humorless eyes.
(d) With adult commonsense.

2. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?
(a) His favorite book of poems.
(b) The bouquet of flowers.
(c) His wallet.
(d) Food.

3. What plant does Rappaccini put in Beatrice's charge?
(a) The orange plant,
(b) The red plant.
(c) The purple plant.
(d) The green plant.

4. What is wrong with the fountain?
(a) It is covered in moss.
(b) It is cracked down the middle.
(c) It sprays water in three different directions.
(d) It's figurehead has no head.

5. What does Giovanni have to force himself through to get into the garden?
(a) The entanglement of a shrub.
(b) A narrow gap in a fence.
(c) The narrow door opening
(d) A patch of nettles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Giovanni think the insect dies?

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

3. What part of Italy is Giovanni from?

4. What does Beatrice call the purple plant?

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

(see the answer key)

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