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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point Miss Barrett imagined herself a nymph and Flush was _____________.
(a) A centaur.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Pan.

2. What were the names of Miss Barrett's two sisters?
(a) Sarah and Mary.
(b) Arabel and Henrietta.
(c) Mary and Henrietta.
(d) Arabel and Sarah.

3. At what age did Elizabeth Barrett begin to battle a lifelong illness?
(a) 33.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 24.

4. Miss Barrett perched herself upon a stone in the middle of ____________.
(a) The Apennines.
(b) Petrarch's fountain.
(c) Casa Guidi.
(d) The Protestant English Cemetery of Florence.

5. What made the biggest impression on Flush when he was taken to Elizabeth Barrett's home in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) The smells.
(b) The sights.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?

2. Whom did Miss Barrett ask "He is worth loving, is he not?"

3. What day of the week was it when Mr. Browning first visited Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?

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

5. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?

(see the answer key)

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