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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: The Hooded Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elizabeth Barrett had one sister who died when Elizabeth was how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

3. 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"?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

4. As centuries passed, the Spaniel evolved into how many different branches?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

5. At what time did Mr. Browning leap up to depart on his first visit with Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?
(a) 1:45.
(b) 2:20.
(c) 4:30.
(d) 6:15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means disgrace or public shame; dishonor ?

2. What year was it when Flush was taken to live with Elizabeth Barrett?

3. Flush was amazed by the smells of London, which were violently contrasted and compounded more than any he had smelled in the fields near ______________.

4. What was Elizabeth Barrett's address when Flush was taken to her in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

5. By what nickname was Elizabeth Barrett known to her family?

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