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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Giovanni's landlady?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Serena.
(c) Lisabetta.
(d) Maria.

4. What is Baglioni a professor of?
(a) History.
(b) Plants.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Science.

5. What does Giovanni dream of at night in this section?
(a) Going home to Naples.
(b) Flying through the garden.
(c) A rich flower and a beautiful woman.
(d) Being attacked by a plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beatrice emerge behind from?

2. What does author say people find themselves to be when they have finally realized a dream?

3. Which of the following sentences does Giovanni rudely state to Baglioni?

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

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

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