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.
America
Italy
Sweden
None of the above
A Professor of Medicine
A family friend
All of the above
None of the above
It landed on her
It bit her
It died
She ate it
Kyle Winnington
Nate Thornbush
Nathaniel Hawthorne
None of the above
Beatrice
Lisabetta
Rappaccini
Baglioni
Small silver vase
Flower
Book
None of the above
To make her beautiful.
To give her power.
For science
All of the above
Across the street
Benath the window
On top of the roof
None of the above
A kiss
A gold coin
A flower
A raise
Allergic
Thought they were ugly
Poisonous
All of the above
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False