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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Browning wrote of Flush in "Chapter 5: "Italy," "... it was in the world of ____ that Flush mostly lived."
(a) Sight.
(b) Smell.
(c) Taste.
(d) Sound.

2. What was the profession of the man whom Lily Wilson fell in love with in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Ship Captain.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Royal bodyguard.

3. 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) George.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Henry.
(d) Septimus.

4. In describing the change that Elizabeth underwent in Chapter 5: "Italy," the author writes that when she "was tired she did not hail another cab; she sat on a stone and watched" what?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The setting sun.
(c) The birds.
(d) The lizards.

5. When was Poems Before Congress written?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1860.

6. With whom had Elizabeth Barrett gone shopping when Flush was stolen?
(a) Arabel.
(b) Mary Graham Clarke.
(c) Miss Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Jameson.

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

8. By what year was Lord Stanhope in possession of a crystal ball?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1861.

9. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
(a) Richard Baxter.
(b) John Bunyan.
(c) Samuel Rutherford.
(d) John Milton.

10. Who would pass Flush and would hurry by and shake his fist at him in mock fury?
(a) Dr. Mitford.
(b) Mr. Horne.
(c) Dr. Pusey.
(d) Mr. Landor.

11. After Flush was stolen, he was thrown into ____________ with other stolen dogs.
(a) A cellar.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) A garage.
(d) A barn.

12. The author describes Mrs. Taylor as being ""fat enough to have had an easy _____________."
(a) Conscience.
(b) Diet.
(c) Job.
(d) Life.

13. Whitechapel was in a triangular space of ground at the bottom of what road?
(a) Manning Street.
(b) Tottenham Court Road.
(c) Wimpole Street.
(d) Vere Street.

14. What was Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning known as?
(a) Pen Browning.
(b) Thesaurus Browning.
(c) Scribble Browning.
(d) Bob Browning.

15. Where is Elizabeth Barrett Browning buried?
(a) Cimitero di Staglieno.
(b) Catacombe di Roma.
(c) The Protestant English Cemetery of Florence.
(d) Flanders Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each time the door opened while Flush was held in captivity by thieves, he looked up hoping to see Miss Barrett; but, it was always some horrid humans bringing in _________________.

2. What did the spirits of the crystal balls begin inhabiting in Chapter 6?

3. Where did Miss Barrett take Flush after leaving London in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

4. Miss Barrett perched herself upon a stone in the middle of ____________.

5. The faces of the men that Elizabeth Barrett saw in the ghetto were inspiration for what later work?

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