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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.
(a) Acrobat.
(b) Fighter.
(c) Hero.
(d) Menace.

2. What word means disgrace or public shame; dishonor ?
(a) Byronic.
(b) Irony.
(c) Ignominy.
(d) Magnanimity.

3. At what time did Mr. Browning always arrive to visit with Miss Barrett?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 2:30.
(c) 4:00.
(d) 3:40.

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

5. In what year did Elizabeth Barrett's mother die?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of the man whom Lily Wilson fell in love with in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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

3. Who is described as a lady with "a very light complexion -- pale, lucid, eyes; thin colorless lips . . . a nose and chin projective without breadth"?

4. What verb means to argue or reason with, especially in order to dissuade from an action or intention?

5. Flush described hearing the bells strike at what nearby church in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?

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