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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) George.
(c) Henry.
(d) Septimus.

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

4. What Shakespearean play does the author discuss in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Troilus and Cressida.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Antony and Cleopatra.

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

6. What year was it when Flush was stolen?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1851.

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

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

9. After Flush was stolen, he was thrown into ____________ with other stolen dogs.
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A barn.
(c) A garage.
(d) A cellar.

10. What brother of Elizabeth's went to see the dog thief the afternoon after Flush was stolen?
(a) George.
(b) Edward.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Henry.

11. How did Virginia Woolf die?
(a) She drowned herself.
(b) She died in a fire.
(c) She hung herself.
(d) She was in a car accident.

12. 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) 2,000-3,000 pounds.
(b) 1,000-2,000 pounds.
(c) 2,500-4,000 pounds.
(d) 500-1,000 pounds.

13. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," "There was an element, it must be admitted, of the" what in Flush?
(a) Coward.
(b) Hero.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Snob.

14. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?
(a) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(b) Mr. Boyd.
(c) Lord Stanley.
(d) The Grand Duke.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mr. Browning wrote that if Miss Barrett gave way to Taylor, she was giving way to _________.

3. Who sent word that in his opinion it would be "an awful sin" to pay the ransom?

4. When did Barnard Gregory die?

5. Whitechapel was in a triangular space of ground at the bottom of what road?

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