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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many bowls of water did Flush lap down upon returning to Elizabeth's room after his kidnapping?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

6. 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 clouds.
(d) The setting sun.

7. Where did Elizabeth Barrett Browning move after Florence?
(a) Vallombrosa.
(b) Siena.
(c) Pisa.
(d) London.

8. What did Mrs. Browning say Flush went out and did the with other dogs every day in Pisa in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Spoke Italian.
(b) Went swimming.
(c) Chased cats.
(d) Scavenged for food.

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

10. What kind woman would pause and take a sugared biscuit from her reticule when passing Flush?
(a) Miss Wilson.
(b) Miss Isa Blagden.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Miss Mitford.

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

12. Where did Miss Barrett take Flush after leaving London in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Siena.
(b) Pisa.
(c) Florence.
(d) Vallombrosa.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Elizabeth Barrett Browning die?

2. What Shakespearean play does the author discuss in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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

4. Upon Flush's first inspection of the dogs in Italy, he wondered if what had no jurisdiction in Italy?

5. The gang leader had demanded how many guineas for the Society and half a guinea for himself in exchange for Flush?

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