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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Back Bedroom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Miss Barrett have?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. The voice that called Flush's name after Miss Mitford left was from a woman lying ___________.
(a) On the bed.
(b) In a hammock.
(c) On the floor.
(d) On the couch.

3. Flush's first owner was offered quite a nice sum for Flush from whom?
(a) Dr. Pusey.
(b) Mr. Kenyon.
(c) Mr. Barrett.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

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

5. Who is described as a lady with "a very light complexion -- pale, lucid, eyes; thin colorless lips . . . a nose and chin projective without breadth"?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Mrs. Jameson.
(d) Mary Graham Clarke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth Barrett's mother's name?

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

3. At what age did Elizabeth Barrett begin to battle a lifelong illness?

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

5. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the foremost poets of what era?

(see the answer key)

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