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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Giovanni suspicious of Lisabetta?
(a) She has shown too much interest in him.
(b) She has a strange look on her face.
(c) She maybe working with Baglioni.
(d) She maybe working with Rappaccini.

2. What does the author compare Beatrice's voice to when she accepts the bouquet?
(a) A gush of music.
(b) A chorus of frogs.
(c) A gush of pure water.
(d) A chorus of violins.

3. What is Giovanni beneath as he stands just inside Rappaccini's garden?
(a) A balcony.
(b) His own window.
(c) Beatrice's window.
(d) The purple plant.

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

5. As far as which city does Lisabetta say Rappaccini is known?
(a) Milan.
(b) Napoli.
(c) Padua.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe Lisabetta's face?

2. Who does Baglioni think is an awful man?

3. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?

4. How does Baglioni know Giovanni?

5. What is Baglioni a professor of?

(see the answer key)

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