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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 the author say had colored Beatrice's manner?
(a) Love.
(b) Passion.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Hate.

2. Who does Baglioni tell Giovanni he grew up side by side with?
(a) Giovanni's mother.
(b) Giovanni's father.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Rappaccini's brother.

3. How does the author refer to Rappaccini's garden in this section?
(a) The garden of the unknown.
(b) The garden of hanging snakes.
(c) The Eden of poisonous flowers.
(d) The Eden of Hell.

4. Who stops Giovanni in the streets?
(a) Baglioni.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Rappaccini.
(d) Baggio.

5. What does Baglioni say the Indian woman was as lovely as?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The dawn.
(d) The sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vanity does the author say is expected in a young man?

2. What does Giovanni think Rappaccini looks like he has never expressed?

3. Which of the following ugly things about Beatrice does Giovanni find difficult to forget?

4. Who does Baglioni think is an awful man?

5. What does Beatrice call the purple plant?

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