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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: The End.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

3. On what day did Flush return to Elizabeth after being kidnapped and held for ransom?
(a) July 25.
(b) September 5.
(c) May18.
(d) November 22.

4. Who came into the Barrett home and called Mr. Taylor "a swindler, and a liar and a thief" in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Dr. Mitford.

5. The author describes Mrs. Taylor as being ""fat enough to have had an easy _____________."
(a) Conscience.
(b) Job.
(c) Life.
(d) Diet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase did Flush hear Elizabeth Barrett Browning say fifty times a day in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. When was Frederick Tennyson born?

3. What was the name of the house where the Brownings lived in Florence?

4. Who traveled on the train with Elizabeth and Flush in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

5. Mr. Browning wrote that if Miss Barrett gave way to Taylor, she was giving way to _________.

(see the answer key)

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