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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The gang leader had demanded how many guineas for the Society and half a guinea for himself in exchange for Flush?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

3. What did Miss Barrett begin calling herself in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Mrs. Jameson.
(b) Mrs. Righi.
(c) Mrs. Browning.
(d) Mrs. Elizabeth.

4. According to Elizabeth's reasoning, about what price would the dog thief ask for a Cocker Spaniel?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

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

6. What did Mr. Browning accuse Barnard Gregory of stealing in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?
(a) Money.
(b) Gold.
(c) Governmental positions.
(d) Characters.

7. Who walked about London and observed everything from the poorest to the poshest neighborhoods?
(a) Mr. Thomas Beames.
(b) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(c) George Clayton Tennyson.
(d) Dr. Pusey.

8. 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 lizards.
(b) The birds.
(c) The setting sun.
(d) The clouds.

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

10. When the Brownings took Flush where, "all the splendours of its woods had merely bored him" in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Blessington.
(b) Pisa.
(c) Florence.
(d) Vallombrosa.

11. What was a controversial 19th century British newspaper which featured reports of scandals involving well known residents of London?
(a) The Scrutiny.
(b) The Satirist.
(c) True Irony.
(d) The Scandal.

12. When did Frederick Tennyson die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1856.

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

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

15. The gang leader who stole Flush was said to make an income of how much a year out of the dogs of Wimpole Street?
(a) 2,500-4,000 pounds.
(b) 2,000-3,000 pounds.
(c) 500-1,000 pounds.
(d) 1,000-2,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For how long did Flush fall into a depression after Mrs. Browning gave birth in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

3. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of whom?

4. What was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's last work, which was published posthumously?

5. When did Elizabeth Barrett Browning die?

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