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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 does Rappaccini call for his daughter?
(a) He needs her help.
(b) He wants her to make a cup of coffee.
(c) He wants to look at her.
(d) He wants to show her something.

2. What kind of wine do Giovanni and the professor drink?
(a) Hungarian wine.
(b) French wine.
(c) Naples wine.
(d) Tuscan wine.

3. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he has never expressed?
(a) Sexual desire.
(b) His deepest hated.
(c) His inner feelings.
(d) Warmth of heart.

4. Who does Baglioni think is an awful man?
(a) Rappaccini.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Giovanni's father.
(d) Dante.

5. How does Giovanni think the insect dies?
(a) From Beatrice's perfume.
(b) From Beatrice's breath.
(c) From landing on the plant.
(d) From landing on Beatrice's hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Rappaccini?

2. What does the author say strikes a continual warfare in Giovanni's breast?

3. What is wrong with the fountain?

4. What does Giovanni hear when Lisabetta opens the garden gate?

5. What does Liabetta say a young man in Padua would give to be among Rappaccini's flowers?

(see the answer key)

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