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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Italy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Miss Mitford's full name?
(a) Stephanie Angela Mitford.
(b) Tiffany Valerie Mitford.
(c) Mary Russell Mitford.
(d) Diana Marie Mitford.

2. In Chapter Three, the author writes that Mr. Browning's _________ was "perhaps the sharpest thorn that pressed into Flush's side"?
(a) Ignominy.
(b) Magnanimity.
(c) Byronic.
(d) Magnanimity.

3. Who is described as a "stout, well-groomed elderly gentleman, radiating benevolence" in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Taylor.
(b) Mr. Barrett.
(c) Mr. Kenyon.
(d) Mr. Boyd.

4. Mrs. Browning wrote of Flush in "Chapter 5: "Italy," "... it was in the world of ____ that Flush mostly lived."
(a) Taste.
(b) Smell.
(c) Sound.
(d) Sight.

5. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?
(a) Mr. Boyd.
(b) The Grand Duke.
(c) Lord Stanley.
(d) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," "There was an element, it must be admitted, of the" what in Flush?

2. Miss Barrett perched herself upon a stone in the middle of ____________.

3. In what year did Elizabeth Barrett's mother die?

4. What color gloves did Mr. Browning always wear?

5. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?

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