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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 is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight?
(a) Brennivin.
(b) Laudanum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Absinthe.

2. When autumn arrived, Flush's only airings were with whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Henry.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) Miss Mitford.

3. In the spring of 1847 the Brownings and Flush moved where?
(a) Pisa.
(b) Florence.
(c) Vallombrosa.
(d) Siena.

4. Whom did Flush refer to as Miss Barrett's sister's little King Charles?
(a) Catiline.
(b) Folly.
(c) Tray.
(d) Arabel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a "stout, well-groomed elderly gentleman, radiating benevolence" in Chapter 2?

2. Miss Barrett was full of apologies when Flush flew at whom and bit him for stumbling over the bell-pull?

3. The author writes that Flush "was the sole aristocrat among a crowd of" what, in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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

5. At what time did Mr. Browning leap up to depart on his first visit with Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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