View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," that "there was a flowering branch of _____ on the dinner-table instead of one denuded, sour, yellow fruit."
(a) Pears.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Grapes.

2. What did the spirits of the crystal balls begin inhabiting in Chapter 6?
(a) Horse stables.
(b) Church entrances.
(c) Music boxes.
(d) Table legs.

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

4. What was the name of Virginia Woolf's father?
(a) Sir Robert Stephen.
(b) Sir Leslie Stephen.
(c) Sir James Stephen..
(d) Sir Fabian Stephen..

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

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

7. Mrs. Browning in the spring of what year became busy with her needle, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1844.

8. Upon Flush's first inspection of the dogs in Italy, he wondered if what had no jurisdiction in Italy?
(a) The Royal Navy.
(b) The Kennel Club.
(c) MI6.
(d) Scotland Yard.

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

10. Who did Elizabeth Barrett Browning discover had died when she returned to Rome in 1860?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Mary
(d) Arabel.

11. Who had imported American rapping spirits to Knebworth?
(a) Mr. Landor.
(b) Mr. Kenyon.
(c) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(d) Mr. Thomas Beames.

12. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that the shade of Florence was hotter than the sun of ___________.
(a) Tottenham Court Road.
(b) Vere Street.
(c) Wimpole Street.
(d) Oxford Street.

13. When was Virginia Woolf born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1907.

14. Who suggested to Sir Edward Lytton that a committee should be appointed by the government to get the facts?
(a) Lord Stanley.
(b) George Clayton Tennyson.
(c) Signor Righi.
(d) Mr. Landor.

15. What was the name of the dog thief who stole Flush and held him for ransom?
(a) Mr. Taylor.
(b) Mr. Horne.
(c) Mr. Boyd.
(d) Lord Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that Flush "was the sole aristocrat among a crowd of" what, in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. When did Elizabeth Barrett Browning die?

3. According to Elizabeth's reasoning, about what price would the dog thief ask for a Cocker Spaniel?

4. By what year was Lord Stanhope in possession of a crystal ball?

5. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 410 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample