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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's last work, which was published posthumously?
(a) A Musical Instrument.
(b) Two Poems: "A Plea for the Ragged Schools of London" and "The Twins".
(c) Aurora Leigh.
(d) Last Poems.

5. On what day did Flush return to Elizabeth after being kidnapped and held for ransom?
(a) November 22.
(b) September 5.
(c) July 25.
(d) May18.

6. Whom did Flush dream of saying "Bad dog! Bad dog!"
(a) Miss Blagden.
(b) Miss Mitford.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Miss Wilson.

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

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

9. According to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy," Miss Wilson still had the conscience to walk out of a picture gallery "struck back by the indecency of" what?
(a) The patrons.
(b) The Venus.
(c) Michelangelo's David.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

10. When was Frederick Tennyson born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1798.

11. What kind of dog who had been whining all night beside Flush on the floor was hauled off by a ruffian in a moleskin vest?
(a) Saint Bernard.
(b) Red Setter.
(c) Jack Russel Terrier.
(d) Greyhound.

12. When was Mrs. Dalloway published?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1917.

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

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

15. What was the name of the house where the Brownings lived in Florence?
(a) Villa Romeo.
(b) Casa Guidi.
(c) Three Mile Cross.
(d) Casa Grande.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Browning accuse Barnard Gregory of stealing in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?

2. Where did Miss Barrett tell the cab driver to take her and Miss Wilson?

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

4. What was the fifth day of Flush's imprisonment in Chapter 4: "Whitechapel"?

5. Virginia Woolf was a part of what group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists?

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