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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Whitechapel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Barrett wrote that Flush loved her more than ___________.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Other dogs.
(c) Steak.
(d) Sunshine.

2. The faces of the men that Elizabeth Barrett saw in the ghetto were inspiration for what later work?
(a) The Seraphim, and Other Poems.
(b) Aurora Leigh.
(c) Poems Before Congress.
(d) Casa Guidi Windows

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

4. What verb means to argue or reason with, especially in order to dissuade from an action or intention?
(a) Expostulate.
(b) Energize.
(c) Exacerbate.
(d) Educate.

5. Miss Barrett walked on her own feet as far as the gate to _______ with her sister.
(a) Devonshire Place.
(b) Three Mile Cross.
(c) Marylebone Church.
(d) Regent's Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came into the Barrett home and called Mr. Taylor "a swindler, and a liar and a thief" in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?

2. Flush concluded that "Where there are flower beds there are _____________."

3. What did Mr. Browning accuse Barnard Gregory of stealing in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?

4. In Chapter Three, the author writes that Mr. Browning's _________ was "perhaps the sharpest thorn that pressed into Flush's side"?

5. 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"?

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