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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers did Miss Barrett have?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. What word means disgrace or public shame; dishonor ?
(a) Irony.
(b) Ignominy.
(c) Byronic.
(d) Magnanimity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. As a puppy, Flush lived on a farm owned by whom?
(a) Dr. Pusey.
(b) Mr. Barrett.
(c) Mr. Browning.
(d) Dr. Mitford.

14. After punishing Flush, what did Miss Barrett do that Fluff considered "of calculated and deliberate malice"?
(a) Put Mr. Browning's flowers in a vase.
(b) Went for a walk.
(c) Beat Flush.
(d) Sent Flush to Miss Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that, ironically, there is no __________ to stop humans with undesirable traits from breeding.

2. As a puppy, Flush lived on a farm named ___________.

3. Flush was a descendant of what red Cocker Spaniel of note?

4. By what nickname was Elizabeth Barrett known to her family?

5. Flush felt that he and Miss Barrett lived alone together in a cushioned and fire-lit __________.

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