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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 15 -20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author say Beatrice gazed at the insect?
(a) With childish delight.
(b) With adult commonsense.
(c) With humorless eyes.
(d) With brutal honesty.

2. What is Beatrice's face brightened by?
(a) Lightness.
(b) Humor.
(c) Love.
(d) Pleasure.

3. How does Giovanni protect his hand?
(a) With a handkerchief.
(b) With a bandage.
(c) With a plaster.
(d) With a scarf.

4. Why does Giovanni's landlady originally tell Giovanni to look at the window?
(a) To see the moon.
(b) To feel the sun.
(c) To feel the breeze.
(d) To see the view.

5. What does Giovanni say is more dear to Rappaccini than his garden?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His house.
(c) His writings.
(d) HIs wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe Giovanni's impatience when he talks to the professor?

2. Who does Giovanni say is the only one who is breath may not slay?

3. What does Giovanni's landlady exclaim when she sees Giovanni?

4. What does Giovanni throw down at Beatrice?

5. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini's look was as deep as?

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