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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mary Graham Clarke.
(b) Mrs. Jameson.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Miss Wilson.

2. Desirable features that Spaniels were expected to have included which of the following?
(a) Smooth head.
(b) Curled ears.
(c) Pale eyes.
(d) A top-knot.

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

4. 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) Vengeful.
(b) Repulsive.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Arrogant.

5. As time went by, Flush was said to have come to prefer the silence of _________to the robustness of a dog.
(a) Rabbits.
(b) The horse.
(c) The cat.
(d) Snakes.

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

7. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the foremost poets of what era?
(a) Elizabethan.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Post-modernist.
(d) Jacobean.

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

9. What was Miss Mitford's full name?
(a) Mary Russell Mitford.
(b) Tiffany Valerie Mitford.
(c) Stephanie Angela Mitford.
(d) Diana Marie Mitford.

10. On what day did Flush make his second attack on Mr. Browning?
(a) December 26.
(b) January 1.
(c) April 3.
(d) July 21.

11. Some insisted that the breed of dog be called Spaniel because it was ____________.
(a) A pet name.
(b) The name of a Biblical king.
(c) Derived from the Greek for "boy."
(d) The Latin word for "cattle."

12. When Mr. Browning first came to visit, the author writes, "What was horrible to Flush, as they talked, was his______________."
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Bitterness.

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

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

15. Miss Barrett asked Flush if he believed _________ was alive in Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man."
(a) A guitar.
(b) A harp.
(c) A tuba.
(d) A piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would walk her dogs, along with Flush, in the fields when he was a puppy?

2. In what city did Elizabeth Barrett live in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?

3. What color gloves did Mr. Browning always wear?

4. According to the author, who landed in Spain and reportedly shouted, "Span! Span!"?

5. When did Elizabeth Barrett die?

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