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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Elizabeth Barrett forgotten to take with her the day that Flush was stolen?
(a) His food.
(b) His collar.
(c) His chain.
(d) His medicine.

2. What did the giant cockatoo repeatedly say in the place where Flush was taken after being stolen?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "Wanna cracker?"
(c) "Pretty Poll."
(d) "Here, kitty."

3. To Flush all scenery was what, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Mezmerizing.
(b) Thought provoking.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Insipid.

4. For how long did Flush fall into a depression after Mrs. Browning gave birth in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. Who told Elizabeth that if she would return to her room in good humor, he would go to Taylor's himself and pay the money and bring back the dog?
(a) Henry.
(b) Alfred.
(c) George.
(d) Septimus.

6. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?
(a) Mr. Boyd.
(b) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(c) Lord Stanley.
(d) The Grand Duke.

7. Who traveled on the train with Elizabeth and Flush in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Miss Mitford.
(b) Miss Isa Blagden.
(c) Mary Graham Clarke.
(d) Miss Wilson.

8. What phrase did Flush hear Elizabeth Barrett Browning say fifty times a day in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) "Heaven help us."
(b) "Goodness gracious."
(c) "My word."
(d) "Robert, my husband."

9. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that early in the nineteenth century the Countess of where had bought a crystal ball from a magician?
(a) Florence.
(b) Vallombrosa.
(c) Blessington.
(d) Reading.

10. Chapter 5: "Italy" begins in the middle of what month?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) November.

11. The faces of the men that Elizabeth Barrett saw in the ghetto were inspiration for what later work?
(a) The Seraphim, and Other Poems.
(b) Aurora Leigh.
(c) Casa Guidi Windows
(d) Poems Before Congress.

12. What time did Flush return home after spending the night with the spotted spaniel in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 11:00 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

13. What did Mrs. Browning say Flush went out and did the with other dogs every day in Pisa in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Chased cats.
(b) Spoke Italian.
(c) Scavenged for food.
(d) Went swimming.

14. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of whom?
(a) George Clayton Tennyson.
(b) Abraham David Tennyson.
(c) Jacob Michael Tennyson.
(d) Joseph Raymond Tennyson.

15. Who sent word that in his opinion it would be "an awful sin" to pay the ransom?
(a) Mr. Kenyon.
(b) Mr. Boyd.
(c) Mr. Beames.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Frederick Tennyson die?

2. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

3. Where is Elizabeth Barrett Browning buried?

4. When was Mrs. Dalloway published?

5. Where did Flush go after leaving the house when Mrs. Browning was lost in writing and the supernatural?

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