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

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

3. Who does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Beatrice say is the offspring of her father's science?
(a) HIs memoirs.
(b) The fountain.
(c) Herself.
(d) The purple shrub.

5. What does Giovanni hope to snatch from Beatrice's full gaze?
(a) The sunshine.
(b) The mystery.
(c) The prettiness.
(d) The enigma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beatice meet Giovanni?

2. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's bedroom?

3. What stones does it feel like are sparkling among the bubbles of the fountain?

4. What does Giovanni wake with a sense of the next day?

5. What does the author say the wine has caused Giovanni's brain to do?

(see the answer key)

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