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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Flush concluded that "Where there are flower beds there are _____________."
(a) Bugs and worms.
(b) Pieces of garbage.
(c) Too many people.
(d) Asphalt paths.

3. In Chapter Three: "The Hooded Man," Flush considered his situation and thought, "Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also ______________."
(a) Love.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Knowledge.

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

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

6. What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett's aunt who helped to care for the children after Elizabeth's mother died?
(a) Miss Isa Blagden.
(b) Mrs. Jameson.
(c) Mary Graham Clarke.
(d) Sarah Graham Clarke.

7. Flush became a father before he was how old in Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

8. Whom did Miss Barrett ask "He is worth loving, is he not?"
(a) Mr. Taylor.
(b) Mr. Landor.
(c) Mr. Kenyon.
(d) Mr. Horne.

9. According to the author, who landed in Spain and reportedly shouted, "Span! Span!"?
(a) The Carthaginians.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Mongols.

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

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

12. What did Miss Barrett mistakenly think of Flush as when he looked in the mirror in Chapter 2?
(a) A prince.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A child.

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

14. At what age did Elizabeth Barrett begin to battle a lifelong illness?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 33.
(d) 24.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Barrett wrote that Flush loved her more than ___________.

2. The voice that called Flush's name after Miss Mitford left was from a woman lying ___________.

3. 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"?

4. The carriage that took Miss Barrett and Flush into town drove along what street in Chapter 2: "The Back Bedroom"?

5. What did Flush do after his first owner deserted him in Miss Barrett's room?

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