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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 Elizabeth Barrett's father's name?
(a) Henry Barrett.
(b) Robert Browning.
(c) James Barrett Jackson.
(d) Edward Barrett.

2. It was January in what year that Miss Barrett received a letter unlike others?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1845.

3. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," that "there was a flowering branch of _____ on the dinner-table instead of one denuded, sour, yellow fruit."
(a) Oranges.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Pears.
(d) Cherries.

4. What time did Flush return home after spending the night with the spotted spaniel in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

5. What was the name of the house where the Brownings lived in Florence?
(a) Villa Romeo.
(b) Three Mile Cross.
(c) Casa Guidi.
(d) Casa Grande.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett's aunt who helped to care for the children after Elizabeth's mother died?

2. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.

3. What figure of speech is represented by "... just as a river, though it reflects still trees and grazing cows and rooks returning to the tree-tops, moves inevitably to a waterfall, so those days, Flush knew, were moving to catastrophe"?

4. Of what did Flush ask, "Were these not the signals of freedom?"

5. From what did Flush drink his water, noting that it was deserving of his high rank?

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