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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the strange plants doing to each other as they bask in the sun?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Dodging.
(c) Nodding.
(d) Slapping.

2. What is Rappaccini's first name?
(a) Luigi.
(b) Guiseppi.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Giacomo.

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

4. What famous garden does Giovanni compare Rappaccini's garden to?
(a) Kew Gardens.
(b) The Hanging Garden of Babylon.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) The Swedish Gardens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Baglioni think Rappaccini is making a study of?

2. As far as which city does Lisabetta say Rappaccini is known?

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

4. Who does Baglioni tell Giovanni he grew up side by side with?

5. What does Baglioni say Rappaccini look lacked?

(see the answer key)

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