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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Elizabeth Barrett had one sister who died when Elizabeth was how old?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. Flush felt that he and Miss Barrett lived alone together in a cushioned and fire-lit __________.
(a) Nest.
(b) Cave.
(c) Castle.
(d) Dungeon.

4. What refers to a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear?
(a) Kevlar.
(b) Burlap.
(c) Flannel.
(d) Bombazine.

5. For how long did Flush fall into a depression after Mrs. Browning gave birth in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. According to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy," Miss Wilson still had the conscience to walk out of a picture gallery "struck back by the indecency of" what?

3. As time went by, Flush was said to have come to prefer the silence of _________to the robustness of a dog.

4. To Flush all scenery was what, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

5. At one point Miss Barrett imagined herself a nymph and Flush was _____________.

(see the answer key)

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