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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, Miss Barrett was _______, while Flush was young and vibrant.
(a) Drab.
(b) A hermit.
(c) An invalid.
(d) Obese.

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

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

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

5. What refers to a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear?
(a) Bombazine.
(b) Burlap.
(c) Kevlar.
(d) Flannel.

6. 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) Marylebone.
(b) Shoreditch.
(c) Reading.
(d) Durham.

7. After Flush was bitten by the Cuban Bloodhound, Miss Barrett remarked that Flush was no __________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Acrobat.
(c) Fighter.
(d) Menace.

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

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

10. In Chapter One: "Three Mile Cross," the author writes that one story claims that early on, the land that would become Spain was populated with what?
(a) Deer.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Mice.
(d) Wolves.

11. What confused Flush about Miss Barrett's room?
(a) The rug.
(b) The cat.
(c) The furniture.
(d) The window.

12. Miss Barrett walked on her own feet as far as the gate to _______ with her sister.
(a) Regent's Park.
(b) Three Mile Cross.
(c) Devonshire Place.
(d) Marylebone Church.

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

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

15. In what year did Elizabeth Barrett's mother die?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight?

2. Flush discovered that the dogs of London were strictly divided into ____________.

3. As time went by, Flush was said to have come to prefer the silence of _________to the robustness of a dog.

4. What were the names of Miss Barrett's two sisters?

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

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