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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 500-1,000 pounds.
(b) 2,500-4,000 pounds.
(c) 2,000-3,000 pounds.
(d) 1,000-2,000 pounds.

2. In the summer, what was Flush beset by that made him edgy and despondent?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Ticks.
(c) Fleas.
(d) Dementia.

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

4. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?
(a) "Distemper."
(b) "Mange."
(c) "Wolf."
(d) "Cat."

5. When did Barnard Gregory die?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1852.

6. What disease was rampant in London?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Leprocy.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Bubonic plague.

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

8. In the spring of 1847 the Brownings and Flush moved where?
(a) Pisa.
(b) Florence.
(c) Siena.
(d) Vallombrosa.

9. When did Elizabeth Barrett Browning die?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1843.

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

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

12. The Brownings and Flush took a carriage ride that "went on and on and on, painfully climbing the heights of" what, in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) The Dolomites.
(b) The Bernese Alps.
(c) The Apennines.
(d) The Osogovo Mountains.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Virginia Woolf's Orlando published?

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

4. Who wrote Paradise Lost?

5. 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?

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