Rappaccini's Daughter
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” is a short story first published in December 1844, about Giacomo Rappaccini, a medical researcher in medieval Padua who grows a garden of poisonous plants. What do you remember from the story? Let’s find out.
- 1.Where did Giovanni come from?
- A.
America
- B.
Italy
- C.
Sweden
- D.
None of the above
- 2.Who is Signor Pietro Baglioni
- A.
A Professor of Medicine
- B.
A family friend
- C.
All of the above
- D.
None of the above
- 3.What happened when the beautiful insect came by Beatrice?
- A.
It landed on her
- B.
It bit her
- C.
It died
- D.
She ate it
- 4.Who is the author?
- A.
Kyle Winnington
- B.
Nate Thornbush
- C.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- D.
None of the above
- 5.Who told Giovanni about the private entrance to the garden?
- A.
Beatrice
- B.
Lisabetta
- C.
Rappaccini
- D.
Baglioni
- 6.What did Baglioni give to Giovanni?
- A.
Small silver vase
- B.
Flower
- C.
Book
- D.
None of the above
- 7.Why did Rappaccini poison his daughter?
- A.
To make her beautiful.
- B.
To give her power.
- C.
For science
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Where was the garden located?
- A.
Across the street
- B.
Benath the window
- C.
On top of the roof
- D.
None of the above
- 9.What did Giovanni give Lisabetta when she told him where the secret entrance was?
- A.
A kiss
- B.
A gold coin
- C.
A flower
- D.
A raise
- 10.Why won't Rappaccini touch the flowers?
- A.
Allergic
- B.
Thought they were ugly
- C.
Poisonous
- D.
All of the above
- 11.Giovanni grows the garden.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Giovanni touched the poisonous plant.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Dr. Rappaccini gave Giovanni the potion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Giovanni cut down the purple plant.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Giovanni's hand turned purple when Beatrice touched him?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Beatrice's mother was the purple plant
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Baglioni and Rappiccini become friends in the end of the story
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Rappiccini was a scientist.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Baglioni is beatrice's uncle.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Giovanni kills Beatrice.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.What was unique about Beatrice? Give an example from the text.
- 22.What is Giovanni's decision? Explain.
- 23.Describe what happened to Beatrice at the end of the story.
- 24.How did Giovanni find out that he was poisonous?
- 25.What happened when Giovanni went into the garden the first time?
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