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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flush was amazed by the smells of London, which were violently contrasted and compounded more than any he had smelled in the fields near ______________.
(a) Shoreditch.
(b) Reading.
(c) Marylebone.
(d) Durham.

2. The carriage that took Miss Barrett and Flush into town drove along what street in Chapter 2: "The Back Bedroom"?
(a) Wimpole Street.
(b) Tottenham Court Road.
(c) Manning Street.
(d) Oxford Street.

3. Flush described hearing the bells strike at what nearby church in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?
(a) Tottenham Church.
(b) Oxford Church.
(c) Regent's Park Church.
(d) Marylebone Church.

4. Who was lying on the sofa by Elizabeth Barrett when Flush was finally summoned from the kitchen after biting Mr. Browning?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Miss Wilson.
(c) Arabel.
(d) Miss Mitford.

5. The date of Flush's birth was estimated to be early in what year?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1867.

6. Who came and beat Flush when he attacked Mr. Browning in the hallway in Chapter Three?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Miss Mitford.
(c) Mrs. Jameson.
(d) Miss Blagden.

7. What did Flush do after his first owner deserted him in Miss Barrett's room?
(a) He scratched at the door.
(b) He vomited.
(c) He urinated.
(d) He howled.

8. What day of the week was it when Mr. Browning first visited Miss Barrett in Chapter Three?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

9. What is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight?
(a) Absinthe.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Brennivin.
(d) Laudanum.

10. Miss Browning wrote that Flush was of what school?
(a) Byronic.
(b) Irony.
(c) Ignominy.
(d) Magnanimity.

11. On what date was Flush stolen?
(a) March 14.
(b) September 1.
(c) June 23.
(d) April 9.

12. Flush was a descendant of what red Cocker Spaniel of note?
(a) Tray.
(b) Linus.
(c) Denali.
(d) Bear.

13. What word, meaning not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect, did Flash consider Mr. Barrett to be in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man"?
(a) Obtuse.
(b) Vengeful.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Repulsive.

14. What year was it when Flush was taken to live with Elizabeth Barrett?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1833.

15. What was the name of the Cuban Bloodhound who lived in the Barrett home?
(a) Folly.
(b) Catiline.
(c) Tray.
(d) Arabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Flush refer to as Miss Barrett's sister's little King Charles?

2. What was Elizabeth Barrett's father's name?

3. Who is described as a lady with "a very light complexion -- pale, lucid, eyes; thin colorless lips . . . a nose and chin projective without breadth"?

4. From what did Flush drink his water, noting that it was deserving of his high rank?

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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